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War WATCH classifications reflect the Geneva Academy’s legal assessment of each situation, based on open-source information available at the time of publication. Situations evolve, and classifications are reviewed and updated regularly, so the date of retrieval matters. Use of War WATCH data does not imply any endorsement by the Geneva Academy of the user, their product or their conclusions.