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.

Sudan: the Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis

One of the several camps for Displaced Persons in Darfur, in 2015.

10 March 2018
Displaced Persons miss basic services in Sudan, while international donors are losing interest in the crisis
Category: Sudan - Web Review
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Israeli Forces Deport Palestinian Girl, Not Informing Parents

The Erez Crossing to the Gaza Strip

23 February 2018
14-year-old girl was picked up by Israeli authorities in Al-Ram in the West Bank and deported without telling her parents.
Category: Israel - Web Review
Thursday, 08 March 2018

1.3 million refugees face Immense humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh

Women Refugee with her baby in Cox’s Bazar camps

27 February 2018
Rohingya emigrant escaping violence are facing tremendous health needs in refugee camps.
Category: Bangladesh - Web Review
Wednesday, 07 March 2018

Over 200 civilians killed in Eastern Ghouta in a single month

A Syrian girl lies at a hospital after air raids targeted her hometown in Eastern Ghouta.

27 February 2018
Civilians continue to be killed in attacks by Syrian government forces on rebel positions in Eastern Ghouta.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 05 March 2018

Forced Displacement in CAR at Highest Level since 2013

Newly arrived Central African refugees in Chad

8 February 2018
As violence surges and international peacekeeping efforts stall, millions are forced to flee and even more face food insecurity.
Category: Central African Republic - Web Review
Monday, 05 March 2018

United Nations urges an end to the Syrian war to stop human casualties

Civilians trying to survive in the ruins left by the war.

14 February 2018
UN officials are requesting a truce in the war to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 01 March 2018

At least 774 civilians killed in Syria in January as war intensifies

Civilians, including children, continue to suffer due to escalating violence in parts of Syria.

13 February 2018
Syrian civilians continue to suffer through one of the most violent periods in seven years of conflict.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 01 March 2018

Civilian Casualties Continue to Rise in Syria

Children crying in his injured father’s arms

07 February 2018
774 civilians were killed at war in Syria in January 2018.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Alarming Figures Concerning Sexual Violence in Greek Refugee Camps

Vathy Reception and Identification Centre located in the Aegean Island of Samos.

14 February 2018
UNHCR spokesperson reports on Sexual and Gender-based Violence Incidents in Reception Centres for Refugees in the Aegean Islands.
Category: Greece - Web Review
Tuesday, 27 February 2018

National Day of civilian victims of wars and conflicts

Winner of the 1st edition of the competition for secondary schools, in collaboration with MIUR "Life is a masterpiece, the war a crazy leap in the dark": Michele Cafarchio (IISS Alpi-Montale, Rutigliano-Bari)

About a year after its establishment by the Government (Law 25/01/2017 No. 9), the National Day of civilian victims of wars and conflicts has been inaugurated, and will be held every year on the 1st February.
Category: - Events
Monday, 26 February 2018

Syrian Government Accused of Gas Attack on Civilians

A father and mother hold their sickened children in a makeshift hospital in Eastern Ghouta in Syria last Monday, January 22

28 January 2018
A gas attack last Monday, on the 22nd January, has left at least 13 civilians dead in Damascus, according to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 23 February 2018

Suicide Attack in Yemen Leaves 11 Dead

Soldier talks on the phone as he stands at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Mukalla, Yemen

30 January 2018
A suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen has killed 11 people according to officials.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Friday, 23 February 2018
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