As of 31 December, over 1.3 million Syrians have returned back home since December 2024, with more than 3.7 million registered Syrian refugees continuing to reside in host countries in the region.
After more than a decade of displacement, around 3 million displaced Syrians inside and outside the country were able to return home. In 2025 alone, around 179,000 people returned to Syria from Jordan and around 500,000 from Lebanon.
Despite urgent needs, 62 per cent of UNICEF’s response remains unfunded. Without timely support, the most vulnerable children risk missing access to critical, lifesaving services.
The fall of the Assad government on 8 December 2024 marked a significant turning point in Syria’s political and humanitarian trajectory. This turn of events presents an opportunity to end one of the largest displacement crises in the world including for millions of internally displaced Syrians.
During the reporting period, the security in Syria has deteriorated. As of mid-July 2025, As-Sweida has experienced a sharp escalation in sectarian violence; and IDF has launched several airstrikes, not only in the southern governorates, but also at the Syrian Defense Ministry and near the presidential palace in Damascus.
The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024 has created a historic opportunity to advance justice and the rule of law, ensuring accountability for years of atrocity crimes and implementing governance, judicial, and security sector reforms that protect and fulfil civil, political, and socio-economic rights.
The Jordan INGO Forum (JIF) and the Jordanian NGOs Forum (JONAF) have just launched the June 2020 Walk the Talk report on progress and challenges faced in implementing the commitments made by the Government of Jordan and the International Community under the Jordan Compact and at subsequent Brussels meetings in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
أطلق منتدى المنظمات غير الحكومية الدولية في الأردن والتحالف الوطني الأردني للمنظمات غير الحكومية (جوناف) إصداراً خاصاً بشهر حزيران/يونيو 2020 من تقرير ترجمة الأقوال إلى أفعال والمتعلق بجوانب التقدم والتحديات التي تواجهها الحكومة الأردنية والمجتمع الدولي في الوفاء بالالتزامات المتفق عليها بموجب الميثاق الأردني ومؤتمرات بروكسل اللاحقة المنعقدة في الأعوام 2017 و2018 و2019.
وكما في السنوات السابقة، ينصب تركيز إصدار شهر حزيران/يونيو 2020 من تقرير ترجمة الأقوال إلى أفعال على التعليم وسبل كسب الرزق والحماية والصحة، ويعتمد اعتمادًا كبيرًا على كل من مشاورات المجتمع المدني وتقرير تقييم المرصد المستقل...