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The Learn2Volunteer mobile application, developed under the Erasmus+ funded Learn2Volunteer Reloaded project, offers young people an innovative digital space for volunteering, learning, and community engagement. Through interactive micro-learning modules, mentoring support, digital badges, and a GIS map of civic initiatives, the platform empowers youth to develop skills, access volunteering opportunities, and become active contributors to positive social change across the region.

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 Erasmus+ project CINEMATOMEDIA: Teaching Democracy through Cinema is excited to announce its launch. This innovative project aims to empower youth organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by harnessing the power of cinema to foster political and democratic engagement among young people.

في إطار فعاليات أسبوع "أصوات الشباب ومستقبل اللاجئين من وفي العالم العربي" التي خصصتها منظمة النهضة العربية للديمقراطية والتنمية (أرض) للاحتفاء باليوم العالمي للاجئين وتسليط الضوء على أحوال اللاجئين في المنطقة العربية، وضمن برامجها البحثية التي تسعى لإيصال أصواتهم، أطلقت منظمة النهضة (أرض) دراستها الإقليمية بعنوان "أصوات اللاجئين الفلسطينيين الشباب في أنحاء الشرق الأدنى: المشاركة والتطلعات الاجتماعية والسياسية".

As part of "Voices and Future of Refugee Youth from and on the Arab World" week marking World Refugee Day and its ongoing programs to shed light on the conditions of refugees in the region and its research efforts aiming at amplifying the voices of the most marginalized groups among them, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) launched its new study “Voices of Palestinian Refugee Youth across the Near East: Socio-Political Participation and Aspirations.” Read more on: https://ardd-jo.org/Publications/ardd-marks-world-refugees-day-by-launc…