Armed Conflicts

War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. The scholarly study of war is sometimes called polemology ( POL-ə-MOL-ə-jee), from the Greek polemos, meaning "war", and -logy, meaning "the study …

Wikipedia

Publications

WHO: World Health Organization · 1 November 2024 French

12 p

humanitarian crises, protracted emergencies, and armed conflicts. The 31 countries listed as FCV in 2023 included humanitarian crises, protracted emergencies and armed conflicts that define FCV settings. Although coverage


WHO: World Health Organization · 1 November 2024 French

12 p

humanitarian crises, protracted emergencies, and armed conflicts. The 31 countries listed as FCV in 2023 included humanitarian crises, protracted emergencies and armed conflicts that define FCV settings. Although coverage










View more