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Web Review

L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

Civilians targeted by terrorist groups, Aleppo, Syria

A woman in a refugee camp, Syria

10 January 2022

There is no cease-fire for civilians in Syria and the violence caused by terrorist groups continues
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 13 January 2022

Russian strikes on Syria’s Idlib

A refugee camp

13 December 2021

Russian fighter jets continue their attacks on Syria’s Idlib amidst the tension between the countries
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 20 December 2021

Civilians killed in an Israeli attack on Syria

View of Palmira, in Syria

24 November 2021

Two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on a site in central Syria
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 06 December 2021

Syria: Russian attacks against Idlib and the civilian population

Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens, Greece

7 November 2021

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees claims that Syria is not safe and recommends all refugee host nations not to force anyone to return
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 15 November 2021

Syria: clashes between the opposition and the government continue

Buildings destroyed by an attack

16 October 2021

12 people were injured and four lost their lives following an artillery strike in Syria
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 29 October 2021

Syrian hopes after the “big disappointment”

A glimpse of Aleppo

27 October 2021

In the afterwards of the failure of the Syrian constitutional talks, still progresses are fostered by UN Special Envoy
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 29 October 2021

A political peace process is now required in Syria says UN Envoy

People demonstrating in Idlib

28 September 2021

 The UN Special Envoy for Syria asserted that the time is now ripe for a political process in Syria which will finally lead to peace.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 08 October 2021

Children abandoned by governments in Syrian refugees camps

Children in the refugee camp of Idlib, Syria

23 September 2021

Thousands of children are suffering amid widespread violence and threats in refugee camps in northeastern Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 08 October 2021

Syria, at least 350,000 people killed during the 10-years’ war

Interior view of the abandoned and bullet-scarred hospital in Quneitra, Syria

24 September 2021

The UN human rights office declares that the death toll is most certainly under-counted.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 05 October 2021

Fighting and war crimes continue in Syria

Sight of a neighbourhood in Aleppo

14 September 2021

After ten years of conflict, violations of human rights and International Humanitarian Law in the country do not cease
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 27 September 2021

Syria, government’s raids kill several civilians

Military trucks moving in a moorland

08 September 2021

Many civilians lost their lives in the aftermath of Government’s indiscriminate attacks in Idlib
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 13 September 2021

UN Humanitarian Chief highlights the need of aid in Syria

Aerial view of Aleppo, Syria

08 September 2021

Amid ongoing violence and an unstable political process, the Syrian people need immediate aid.  
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 10 September 2021

Attacks in Syria kill at least 13 children

Two children standing

18 July 2021

Save the Children condemns attacks against children in Syria
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Children died following worst attacks since ceasefire in Syria

Children smiling to the camera in Aaqrabate, Syria

04 July 2021

UNICEF reports the death of at least six children following attacks on three villages in the rebel-held Idlib province.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 27 July 2021

The future of a crucial aid relief mission for Syria is uncertain

Syrian camp for IDPs in Atmeh, Syria.

23 June 2021

Various U.N officials are advocating for the extension of a resolution providing food and supplies to Syria’s vulnerable populations.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Sunday, 04 July 2021

UN offices condemn attack on Syrian hospital

The rubble of a building

14 June 2021

UN Special Envoy for Syria strongly reproves the heinous attack against the Al-Shifaa hospital
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 25 June 2021

Syria, artillery attack strikes hospital and residences

The Syrian flag waves high above a crowd of people

15 June 2021

Several citizens have been injured or killed as a result of artillery attacks by Syrian Kurdish groups
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Syria: latest updates on the use of chemical weapons

The international chemical weapons symbol on the flag of Syria

03 June 2021

UN representative briefs colleagues on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Syria, an armed group attacks a school

The rubble of a classroom

26 May 2021

The Revolutionary Youth kidnaps a girl, while the illegal recruitment of children continues
Category: Syria - Web Review
Saturday, 12 June 2021

Syria, explosion of an old landmine in Arshounah village injures two

A warning sign placed next to unexploded ordnance in Syria

23 May 2021

Living in a country plagued by armed conflict, civilians in Syria may suffer injuries as a result of old ordnance and unexploded cluster bombs
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 01 June 2021

Syria, the consequences of unexploded ordnance

An old unexploded mortar round lying on the ground

19 May 2021

A child was injured near al-Najiyyah and a civilian was killed in al-Khumaysiyah due to an unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO)
Category: Syria - Web Review
Sunday, 30 May 2021

Syria, landmine kills seven civilians

IED landmine in Syria.

 

09 May 2021 

Landmine explosions leave seven dead adding more casualties to an ongoing humanitarian crisis
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Syria: children are the main victims of the ten-year conflict

Internally displaced Syrians children at a refugee camp in Atmeh, Syria

19 May 2021

Syrian children are suffering from grave violations because of the protracted and high-intensity nature of the conflict. 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Education still under threat in North West Syria

A view of Aleppo, Syria

05 May 2021

Attacks on educational facilities have been continuing despite a ceasefire agreed upon in March 2020, reports Save the Children.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 10 May 2021

Syria, two children killed

A young syrian boy in a refugee camp

26 April 2021

Two more children have died following the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED)
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 04 May 2021

Illicit use of chemical weapons in Syria

Flag of the OPCW in front of the Headquarter building in the Hague

20 April 2021

States parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention will discuss a suspension of Syria's rights due to the Country’s infringement of its obligations
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Review of Syria’s decade long war

Cars covered in vines in Syria

 

29 March 2021

An overview of Syria’s past decade of war and civilian casualties at the hands of armed conflicts throughout the country.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 08 April 2021

Six people killed in Al-Atareb hospital attack, Northwest Syria

Medical professionals working

22 March 2021

The Al-Atareb Surgical Hospital was destroyed during a rocket attack in which six people were killed and 16 others were wounded.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Saturday, 27 March 2021

Explosions of old landmines claim lives and cause injuries across Syria

Sign warning of mines in front of a filed

14 March 2021

Eight new deaths and two injuries have been recorded across Syria due to explosions of old landmines.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Ten years on, the crisis in Syria remains devastating

Refugees in a camp in Suruc, Turkey

10 March 2021

The United Nations Secretary General recently addressed the dire needs of Syrians amid the ongoing conflict.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Monthly death toll in Syria

Aleppo, Syria

10 March 2021

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recounted the death toll during February 2021 in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 March 2021

One child killed, three injured from old ordnance in Aleppo city

Aleppo, Syria

09 March 2021

Explosion of old ordnance left over from the war in al-Muyassar neighbourhood in Aleppo injures four children, with one subsequently dying
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Syrian de-escalation zone suffers attacks

Aerial view of a south-western town in the Idlib, Syria

06 March 2021

Syrian regime attacks disregard ceasefire agreements in the Idlib province.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 15 March 2021

Syria, an old ordnance kills one child and injures another

An unexploded grenade on the battlefield

03 March 2021 

A landmine explosion killed one child and injured another in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 12 March 2021

MSF reports on the increasing need for humanitarian aid in Syria

Syrian flag in a crowd

04 March 2021

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recounts ten years of support provided in Syria
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 12 March 2021

Post traumatic stress disorder amongst Syrian civilians

Three children in a camp for displaced people, Idlib, Syria

This article is a brief presentation of the report “The Destruction You Can’t See” published by Syria Relief. 
Category: - Reports we Support
Friday, 12 March 2021

The impact of ten years of war over health facilities in Syria

Destroyed buildings, Aleppo, Syria

02 March 2021

In the Syrian war, health facilities have always been under attack and the health system is facing collapse.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Saturday, 06 March 2021

Women and children killed in landmine explosions

Sunset in Syria

1 March 2021

Civilians searching for truffles in Syrian landmine located in rural Hama and Homs killed in landmine explosion.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 04 March 2021

Syria, an explosion of an improvised device injures three people

Car on fire

24 February 2021

Three people were severely injured after the explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Afrin city. 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 04 March 2021

Child injured by old mine in eastern Hama

Syrian landscape

20 February 2021

A young man was severely injured after the explosion of an old landmine nearby Al-Rahjan in Hama’s countryside. 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 03 March 2021

Landmine explosion kills one child in western Daraa, Syria

Sign warning of mines in front of a filed

13 February 2021

One child died and one person was injured after a landmine exploded in the western Daraa province in southern Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 02 March 2021

UN experts denounce inhuman conditions in Syria’s Al-Hol and Roj camps

Syrian children in a refugee camp

08 February 2021

Human rights experts urged 57 states to repatriate their citizens held in northeast Syria camps in squalid conditions
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Need for constructive international diplomacy to end the Syrian crisis

Damaged tents in aSyrian refugee camp

09 February 2021

The Special Envoy to Syria for the United Nations has urged the Security Council to engage in constructive diplomacy to agree on a conflict settlement
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

UN Disarmament Chief calls to end impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria

Young boy in Idlib, Syria

04 February 2021

The United Nations top disarmament official emphasized the need to end impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Syria, a landmine explosion kills one child

A building destroyed by war in Idlib, Syria

07 February 2021

Increase in fatalities caused by unexploded bombs and landmines shows ongoing risk to civilians’ lives 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 12 February 2021

UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria camp

Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens

30 January 2021

The United Nations calls upon member states to repatriate 27,000 children from a camp in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 12 February 2021

In Syria, the clock is ticking for effective solutions

Syrian refugee temporary tentsite camp

23 January 2021

The U.N special envoy to Syria spoke about the lack of collective resolve on behalf of the international community to cooperate
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 11 February 2021

Syria: four people killed and others wounded in northern Deir ez-Zor

Art piece representing Syria

26 January 2021

New clashes in the Deir-Zor area increase the civilian death toll.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 04 February 2021

Syrian children continue to suffer the worst consequences of conflict

Children surrounded by mud in a camp in Idlib

24 January 2021

Children bear the consequences of the conflict, which has endangered their lives, disrupted their education, and limited access to basic services.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 04 February 2021

The consequences of protracted conflict in Syria

Aleppo, Syria

20 January 2021

UN Syrian Envoy Geir Pedersen and Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock speak to the Security Council about the ongoing Syrian conflict
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 29 January 2021

Syrian refugees endure harsh conditions

A child plays with a bicycle outside a tent in a refugee camp

19 January 2020

Human Rights Watch has denounced the difficult living conditions that Syrian refugees are facing in a Lebanese border town as winter advances.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 29 January 2021

Four civilians killed By Israeli missile strike In Syria

Child walking in tent

22 January 2021

Four Syrian civilians were killed as a result of an Israeli missile strike in Hama, as reported by Syrian State Media. 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 29 January 2021

Syrian refugees from al-Hol camp return home to find only destruction

Destroyed buildings in the center of Homs

14 January 2021

Leaving the al-Hol refugee camp, the returnees face a reality of wrecked towns and communities in territory previously controlled by the Islamic State
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 22 January 2021

Syria, four children injured in landmine explosion in Al-Bokamal

Landmine

10 January 2021

Old landmine explosion causes serious injuries of children in eastern Syria
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Thursday, 14 January 2021
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