L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
16 April 2016An attack on rebel-held areas of Aleppo and rockets fired by insurgents on state controlled neighborhoods kills dozens and forces 40,000 civilians to flee.
15 April 2016 Civilians are endangered by armed conflict between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Nusra Front at Yarmouk refugee camp.
6 May 2016 The discovery of a mass grave in Mozambique has ignited concerns for renewed violence between FRELIMO, the dominant political party in Mozambique, and RENAMO, the rebel group against government forces including FRELIMO.
1 May 2016Over 3116 people have been killed in Syria despite alleged truce.
1 May 2016 A gunfire and suicide bombing killed 2 police officers and injured 23 people in Gaziantep, Turkey.
3 May 2016 The bombing of a maternity hospital in the government-control part of Aleppo leaves 3 dead and 17 wounded.
27 April 2016 At least 37 civilians were killed as a market and a hospital were destroyed by a series of airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria.
9 June 2016 Israel suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians after two gunmen opened fire at a shopping centre, killing four people.
31 May 2016During a seizure of 3 buses in Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents, at least 9 passengers were killed and more than a dozen were kidnapped.
7 June 2016 People fleeing the violence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-occupied city of Fallujah face severe abuse and death.
20 April 2016 An overcrowded boat, with 500 refugees, sank in the Mediterranean in what could be one of the worst tragedies in the last 12 months.
17 February 2016A South Sudanese government attack against a Protection of Civilians site injured 30 and killed 7.