civilian-deaths

The horrific 9/11 attacks! The deaths of nearly 3,000 people in the 2001 attacks pushed the United States toward retaliation. Alongside changes in security policy came a long military campaign known as the “War on Terror.” From Afghanistan to Iraq and later Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Libya, the war spread across various regions. Twenty-five years later, the humanitarian toll is devastating. An estimated 4.5 to 4.7 million people have died in wars and related conflict zones. More t...

At least 12 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Kafr Rumman in southern Lebanon. Two children were among those killed. Lebanon’s Health Ministry described Monday’s strike as one of the deadliest attacks in recent weeks. A residential building collapsed in the strike. Children were preparing to go to school there. Rescue workers spent the morning recovering bodies from beneath the rubble. Children’s books and school supplies could be seen scattered at the scene. Lo...