Violence and Threats Against Aid and Health Services in the Middle East

This dataset reports incidents of violence and threats affecting aid operations, workers, education, and healthcare services. It covers Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. The specific number of rows and columns is unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyze incident frequency and patterns across the specified countries (Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria) to identify regional conflict hotspots.
• Examine the impact on specific sectors such as aid operations, education, and healthcare services to assess humanitarian access challenges.
• Track reported incidents over time to monitor trends in violence affecting aid workers and critical civilian infrastructure.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Insecurity Insight, an organization specializing in monitoring violence against aid and health services.
• Covers a specific geographic region of seven countries in the Greater Middle East.
• Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The number of rows, columns, and sample data are unavailable, making the dataset's scale and structure unclear.
• The data source relies on reported incidents, which may underrepresent events in areas with limited media or monitoring access.
• The description does not specify the time range covered by the incident reports.

Provenance

Source

Insecurity Insight

Collection Method

Reports of incidents affecting aid operations, workers, education, and healthcare services.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria