About the author(s):
Katharine Fortin is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University where she teaches IHL and IHRL. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at the ICTY, ICC and Norton Rose Fulbright. She is the author of The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Lieber Prize. She has written widely about the framework of law that applies to armed groups in non-international armed conflicts and is one of the editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog.
4 July – 10 July
Syrian rebels say army besieging their enclave in southern city Deraa
Syria truce deal ‘breached’ as western Deraa clashes intensify
Rebels in southern Syria reach deal to end violence
Rebels discuss with Russia a deal to end fighting in southern Syria
Taliban brands religious scholar conference as ‘an absolute anti-Islamic US process’
Armed group in Libya kidnaps three Filipinos and one Korean: official says
The new frontlines are in the slums
Squandered opportunity? – Despite new agreement, South Sudan’s civil war continues
South Sudan’s Machar set to be ‘reinstated as vice president’
Why do youth in the Sahel join armed groups? It’s complicated
Thailand: Insurgents use landmines in South
Colombia’s ‘silent complicity’ in mass killings of social leaders
27 June – 3 July
Yes, we can end the military use of schools
Wars of None: AI, Big Data, and the Future of Insurgency
How rape is weaponized in civil wars
New types of weapons need new forms of governance
Syria’s war: Rebel-held Bosra al-Sham surrenders in Deraa battle
Rebel-held south Syrian town Busra to accept Assad’s rule as Jordan mediates
Talks with Russia over Deraa peace deal collapse: Syrian rebels
UN warms of ‘catastrophe’ as 160,000 flee southern Syria push
French cement giant Lafarge indicted on terror financing charge in Syria
When did the war in Yemen begin?
Residence of Libyan deputy PM attacked amid oil port stand-off
Iraqi PM says armed groups in Iraq should be disarmed, including PKK
Mali: Car bombing targeting French troops kills civilians
Ethiopia removes OLF, ONLF and Ginbot 7 from terror list
Mali: G5 force headquarters targeted in deadly attack
‘The war goes on’: one tribe caught up in Colombia’s armed conflict
20 June – 26 June
Who’s in charge in today’s wars?
Syria pounds rebel areas in south, thousands flee to border zone
Syrian rebel warns of ‘volcanoes of fire’ if Assad attacks south
What you need to know: The battle for Hodeidah
IGAD bloc says South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar not welcome
Ethiopian armed opposition group Ginbot 7 suspends attacks
South Sudan rules out rebel leader Riek Machar re-joining government
South Sudan’s president and rebel leader meet for peace talks
Colombia: Indigenous community ‘threatened by El Guacho’
All set for demobilization of Colombia’s largest paramilitary group
Nicaragua: Violence and state repression intensify despite numerous efforts at dialogue
Record coca, record murders: the flipside of “peace” in southern Colombia
Days after election, future of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal already uncertain
13 June – 19 June
Syria’s Assad says still pursuing political solution for rebel-held south
Syria: Turkey-Backed Groups Seizing Property
Second fire shrinks storage capacity amid fighting at Libyan oil ports
India welcomes Afghanistan’s decision to extend ceasefire with armed groups
Jordan armed groups strike again in the oil crescent
How to bring peace in Kashmir?
Armed Islamist leaders in Libya claim al-Qaeda’s Belmokhtar is still alive
Yemen: Attack on Hodeidah threatens civilian lives and lifesaving humanitarian aid
Mozambique: Armed groups burn villages
There’s been a global increase in armed groups. Can they be restrained?
Congo-Brazzaville’s hidden war
South Sudan rebel leader to attend talks with president in Addis Ababa
What South Sudan’s increasingly fragmented war means for aid delivery
The girls forced to fight in the DRC are told they are ‘immune to bullets’
Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Conflict: Emerging Trends in Violence
Colombia: FARC willing to meet with Duque to maintain peace
Inside Colombia’s rebel region as the country votes on its future
Colombia: Authorities must guarantee the safety of threatened communities
6 June – 12 June
Drone Blowback: Much Ado about Nothing?
Making a case for humanitarian norms in a populist world
U.N. fears for 2.5 million in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib as fighting escalates
YPG confirms withdrawl from Syria’s Manbij after Turkey-US deal
Spate of deadly attacks hit Afghanistan amid Eid ceasefire
Are Palestinian armed factions forming a joint army?
Yemen rebel fire kills three civilians in Saudi, coalition says
Taliban announces three-day ceasefire over Eid
Afghanistan’s ceasefire with Taliban: ‘Are we safe now?’
Afghan president announces temporary ceasefire with Taliban
Yemen peace plan sees ceasefire, Houthis abandoning missiles
Somalia: Al-Shabab shuts down football pitches in Mogadishu
Mozambique: End brutal killing spree by armed group
The impact of Boko Haram’s insurgency on girl’s education in Northeast Nigeria
‘Slipping into darkness’: How Nicaragua’s crisis unfolded