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After almost 19 years of ongoing conflict, Afghanistan has become one of thedeadliest countries in the world. Alongside the thousands of Afghan governmental and coalition force fatalities, and the...

AOAV’s data has consistently shown that when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, over 90% of the casualties are likely to be civilians. Such data makes the concerns surrounding the use of...

In February 2020, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 1,656 deaths and injuries from 307 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians...

By Catarina Hanna-Amodio Since 2011, more than a million refugees from Syria have arrived to Lebanon. With a population of just over four million, today Lebanon has the highest number of refugees per...

By Matt Williams on 4 Mar 2020 Severe acute malnutrition is one of the most serious forms of hunger and if left untreated, particularly in young children, can lead to severe and far reaching...

On February 15th 2020, airstrikes in Jawf province, Yemen, killed at least 31 and injured 12. The Saudi-led coalition is suspected to have carried out the strikes, which were said to have occurred...

In January 2020, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 2,243 deaths and injuries from 261 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians...

By Jake Hussona Iraq lies in the Fertile Crescent that stretches in an arc from Mesopotamia in the East to Egypt in the West, and is known by many as being 'the cradle of civilisation'. Here, several...

On February 11th 2020, regime airstrikes on Idlib city, Syria, left at least 12 killed and a further 32 injured. The attacks hit the neighbourhoods of Al-Sina’a, where seven of the casualties were...

By Jennifer Dathan On January 15th 2020, airstrikes on Idlib city left at least 19 dead, with a further 65 injured, according to the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations. Idlib city is a...

In December 2019, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 2,058 deaths and injuries from 267 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians...

By Jennifer Dathan On January 11th 2020, regime airstrikes on Binnish in Syria’s Idlib province killed at least seven and injured a further 37. Among the dead were four women and three children. In...

In 2019, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 29,499 deaths and injuries from the use of explosive weapons around the world, as reported in English language media. Civilians continued to bear the...

By Jennifer Dathan On Saturday, December 28th 2019, a suicide car bomb detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia. The blast left at least 79 killed and 149 injured. Since the blast the death toll has continued...

By Iain Overton This paper offers insight into the direct and reverberating effects of the violence in Eastern Ukraine on healthcare systems and patient outcome. It is based on a report undertaken by...

By Iain Overton and Jennifer Dathan According to Action on Armed Violence’s data, throughout the course of the conflict in Syria, about three-quarters of injurious attacks there occurred in populated...

In November 2019, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 2,223 deaths and injuries from 347 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians...

By Chloe Squires on 4 Dec 2019 Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, there has been no shortage of media coverage detailing events have unfolded in the region. A devastating part of this conflict...

By Jennifer Dathan On November 20th 2019, at least 10 African migrants were killed when shells fell on a popular market in an area along the border in Saada, Yemen. At least another 30 were wounded. ...

In October 2019, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded 2,632 deaths and injuries from 393 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians...