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.

Attack on Civilians in Kabul Killed 41 and Injured More than 80

A distraught man is carried from the scene of the explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan.

17 January 2018
This was one of the first attacks to specifically target Shi’a Muslim civilians in Kabul.
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Israel Arrests 19 Palestinians

Israeli border guards with Palestinian protestors on January 12, 2018.

22 January 2018
Israeli forces have arrested 19 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank.
Category: Israel - Web Review
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

The Houthis took vengeance on “betrayal”: Saleh killed

Saleh speaks to his people asking for a change of course: siding with Saudi Arabia

15 January 2018
Last December 2, former Yemen president Saleh asked the people to line up with the Saudi rivals. Two days later he is found dead.
Category: Saudi Arabia - Web Review
Monday, 22 January 2018

A New Dialogue Process in Kashmir: Hopes and Skepticism

The body of a dead fighter carried by Kashmiris in a protest

15 January 2018
A new dialogue attempt began in the region disputed by India and Pakistan, surrounded by  fears of radicalisation and hopes of peace.
Category: Pakistan - Web Review
Monday, 22 January 2018

Twin suicide attacks kill at least 38 in Iraq

Iraqi security forces on the site of the bomb attack in Baghdad

15 January 2018
At least 38  people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in a twin suicide bombing in a central area of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.
Category: Iraq - Web Review
Monday, 22 January 2018

Over 10,000 civilians murdered in Syria during 2017

Airstrike in Eastern Ghouta, despite it being a de-escalation area

9 January 2018
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Syria counted 10,204 civilian deaths; among them 2,298 were children and 1,536 women.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Saturday, 20 January 2018

Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital: What are the consequences?

Palestinian women protest against USA decision about Jerusalem’s fate

12 January 2018
Last December, the world was shocked by Trump’s announcement about moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognising the Holy city as its capital.
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Thirteen youths killed in Senegal

A woman walking in Casamance: the region used to be a touristic destination

9 January 2018
Thirteen teenagers have been killed by armed men while collecting wood in the Senegalese region of Casamance.
Category: Senegal - Web Review
Thursday, 11 January 2018

Houthi rebels targeted Saudi Arabia with Iranian-made missiles

The Saudi blockade is limiting access to clean water, like that pictured here in Sanaa, Yemen.

26 December 2017
Saudi Arabia’s reaction to the Houthi rebels’ use of Iranian-made missiles is worsening the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Category: Saudi Arabia - Web Review
Monday, 08 January 2018

As famine worsens in Yemen, the United Nations pressures Saudi Arabia to stop the embargo on Yemen’s ports

A group of Yemenis staring at some destroyed buildings

30 December 2017
On December, 2 the United Nations (UN) pressured Saudi Arabia to end the blockade of Yemen’s Red Sea Ports in order to avoid the spread of a catastrophic famine.
Category: Saudi Arabia - Web Review
Thursday, 04 January 2018

Heinous attack in DRC: 15 peacekeepers killed and more than 50 wounded

Since 2010, the peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO has recorded 93 deaths of military, police and civilians

27 December 2017
Dramatic victims' rate during an armed group attack in East DRC. UN condemns the episode and claims for justice.
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Saturday, 30 December 2017

The EU-Libya deal and the sacrifice of migrants’ human rights

Sub-Saharan migrants and refugees begging for their release in a detention center in Surman, Libya

17 November 2017
“The international community cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the unimaginable horrors endured by migrants in Libya”, UN warned.
Category: Libya - Web Review
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
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