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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.

Airstrikes Hit School in Syria’s Idlib Province

Classroom hit by airstrike in Syria.

27 October 2016
Airstrikes hit school in Idilb province in Syria killing 35.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 16 December 2016

Rebel-held area of Aleppo has no functioning hospital

Heavy bombings leave a quarter million without hospital care

22 November 2016

All hospitals in the rebel-held section of the Syrian city of Aleppo are out of service after an air raid hit the last children’s hospital on Friday 18th November.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 16 December 2016

Hundreds of Rohingya displaced by Myanmar army

Rohingya people, a persecuted Muslim population, fleeing their homes

14 November 2016
Myanmar soldiers tried to weed out about 400 Rohingya villagers following attacks on border security forces in Rakhine province.
Category: Myanmar - Web Review
Friday, 16 December 2016

Drones Affect Mental Health in Afghanistan

Aftermath of a US drone strike in Afghanistan

9 November 2016
Drone attacks damage not only physical but also mental health of civilians in Afghanistan.
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Friday, 16 December 2016

Yemen Civilians face Famine in 19-Month Civil War

Severe malnutrition in Yemen

16 November 2016
A year and a half after the start of Yemen’s civil war, 80% of the population finds itself in need of humanitarian aid.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 05 December 2016

Airstrike Kills Dozens of Inmates in Yemeni Prison

The interiors of the prison reduced to rubble by the attack

27 November 2016
A coalition airstrike killed at least 60 people in a prison in the rebel controlled city of Hudaydah.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 05 December 2016

Suicide attack on a crowded mosque kills over 30 people in Kabul

Security forces outside the the Baqir ul-Uloom mosque, following the suicide attack which killed over 30 worshippers

23 November 2016
A suicide bomber blew himself up during a well attended Shia ceremony at the Baqir ul-Uloom mosque in the Darulaman area of Kabul.
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 01 December 2016

Al-Shabab blamed for attack in Northeast Kenya

The attack took place in a residential building in which al-Shabab used explosives to invade a gated area and shoot haphazardly within the vicinity killing six innocent victims. The residential block was located in the Mandera region on the Somali border, a location the al-Shabab has continuously targeted. The group’s militants have publicly announced resolve to continue violence until the government agrees to extract troops from the African Union force in Somalia. Multiple attacks have caused a mass amount of casualties in Kenya for the past three years, and the violence has significantly impacted the country’s tourism industry. Most of the violence has occurred on Somalia’s border, coastal areas where tourists visit and in the capital Nairobi where a massive shooting at the Westgate shopping centre took place in 2013. The al-Shabab have been connected with al-Qaeda and have been at war with Kenya since 2011 when Kenyan troops occupied Somalia. In 2015, Kenya's government also sought to construct a wall along the Somali border for security, but the plan was met with much defiance from border communities and the Somali government. As the al-Shabab have successfully infiltrated and attacked parts of the Mandera border, the Kenyan government executed a terror alert in March warning of future assaults likely to occur if the group is not stopped. Read more visit: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/al-shabab-blamed-attack-northeast-kenya-161006052130719.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37571205 http://af.reuters.com/article/idAFL5N1CC0ED

6 October 2016
Six people are reported dead in an attack thought to have been led by Islamic militants, al-Shabab, in Northeast Kenya.
Category: Kenya - Web Review
Saturday, 19 November 2016

Blast kills 140 people at Sana’a Funeral

Aid workers rush to help after an explosion at the Sanaa funeral

9 October 2016
On the 9th of October, several airstrikes targeted a Houthi funeral reception located in the capital of Yemen, Sana’a.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Saturday, 19 November 2016

Dozens Killed with Machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A member of FIB stands guard in the Beni region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the UN backed the FARDC in an operation (March 2014)

4 August 2016
Dozens were attacked and killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Monday, 14 November 2016

224 Dead During the First Week of Ramadan in Syria

Two of the many civilian victims of the Syria's civil war

13 June 2016
At least 224 civilians have been killed during the first week of Ramadan in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 14 November 2016

Pakistan’s Forced Repatriation of Afghan Refugees

An Afghan girl stands by the doorway of her family's house in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

30 September 2016
More than 2.6 million Afghan refugees to be repatriated back to Afghanistan by the end of 2016
Category: Pakistan - Web Review
Monday, 14 November 2016
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