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

The Destructive Impact of the Yemen Conflict on the Healthcare System

Airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition left a crater outside a hospital in Hajja Province, Yemen

18 March 2020

Healthcare Workers targeted at least 120 times in Yemen Conflict according to new report
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Friday, 20 March 2020

ICC judges authorise investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

The International Criminal Court in The Hague

10 March 2020

The ICC will investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan, despite the opposition of the US government
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Wednesday, 18 March 2020

The Death of a Child Trying to Cross the Sea

Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias on the island of Lesbos.

2 March 2020

A child drowns off the Greek coast after Turkey opens its border with Europe. It is the first incident of the kind since Turkey opened its border
Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Sahel in the Spiral of Violence

Niger soldier

8 March 2020

Sahel has been the centre of a spiral of violence that is focused around armed groups, jihadist terrorism, and intra-ethnic conflict
Category: Burkina Faso - Web Review
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Civilians Trapped by Violence in Myanmar

Civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have been displaced by a recent surge in violence

09 March 2020

An increase in fighting has killed and injured numerous civilians
Category: Myanmar - Web Review
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Afghanistan: Political Uncertainty and the Displacement Crysis

Afghan refugee children sitting on the top of a hill

10 February 2020

A severe displacement crysis linked to 40 years of political unrest continues despite undergoing negotiations between the US and the Taliban
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Monday, 16 March 2020

Two military bases targeted in Somalia

Armed Al-Shabaab militias marching on a road

19 February 2020

Two attacks against two military bases inflicted by the terrorist group Al Shabaab lead to several deaths in Somalia
Category: Somalia - Web Review
Friday, 13 March 2020

Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Forces in Occupied West Bank

Israeli forces aim weapons during a Palestinian protest near the town of Beita on March 11, 2020

12 March 2020

Israeli forces shot 15-year-old Mohammad Hamayel dead at Mount al Orma near the town of Beita. The shot occurred during protests over illegal Israeli expansion further into the occupied Gaza Strip.
Category: Israel - Web Review
Thursday, 12 March 2020

UNHCR seeks aid as humanitarian crisis in DRC worsens

Children are undernourished due to the lack of resources in host communities.

11 March, 2020

Increasing displacement leads to lack of resources in hosting communities
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Thursday, 12 March 2020

Bomb attack kills three in Afghanistan

A group of Afghan Taliban militants

 03 March 2020

Two days after the historic US-Taliban deal, a bomb attack breaks a period of relative calm
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 12 March 2020

Turkey and Russia reach a new ceasefire deal for Syria’s Idlib

Turkish and Russian leader shake hands in Moscow after announcing new ceasefire in Idlib

6 March 2020

Erdogan and Putin meet in Moscow to discuss the latest violence in northwest Syria and agree on a ceasefire
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 09 March 2020

Russian Jets Strike Syrian Hospitals

A member of the Syrian Civil Defense searches for survivors in the rubble of a hospital in Darat Izza, 30 kilometers northwest of Aleppo

17 February 2020

Russian airstrikes hit two hospitals, residential areas in northeast Syria
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 03 March 2020
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