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Libya: Civilians face deep suffering from long conflict, as fighting forces schools and health facilities to close
Libya: Civilians face deep suffering from long conflict, as fighting forces schools and health ...
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13-02-2020
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19-01-2020
Syria: A spike in civilian casualties, mass displacement in country’s northwest
Syria: A spike in civilian casualties, mass displacement in country’s northwest
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31-01-2020
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  1. Joint Statement by the Office of OSESGY and ICRC on the outcomes on the third meeting of the Prisoners Exchange
    16-02-2020
  2. Libya: Civilians face deep suffering from long conflict, as fighting forces schools and health facilities to close
    13-02-2020
  3. Central African Republic: Crime forces ICRC to limit operations in Nana-Grébizi
    12-02-2020
  4. Reversing commitment to anti-personnel mine ban endangers civilian lives
    06-02-2020
  5. South African scholar wins inaugural prize for African research on the rules of war
    04-02-2020
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