Between 1 and 3 May 2025, DTM field teams estimated that 257 households were displaced from Abu Shouk IDP camp and Al Fasher town due to heightened insecurity.
Israel’s reported plan to distribute humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is nothing more than a new manoeuvre aimed at prolonging the comprehensive and illegal blockade imposed on the territory. This move reintroduces starvation, only under a humanitarian façade this time,legitimising its continued use as a weapon within the context of an ongoing genocide that has lasted more than 19 months.
Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country.
Almost 100 days into the Israeli operation in the northern West Bank, about 40,000 Palestinians remain displaced. As this situation risks becoming permanent, the UN Human Rights Office warns it may amount to forcible transfer.
Violence swiftly spread across Jaramana governorate, with individual attacks against Druze civilians recorded in various other localities in Damascus and Rural Damascus. On the morning of April 29, Jaraman was placed under a lockdown as more pro-government continued to arrive into the area.
On 25 April 2025, a fire in Hamouda and Eiyal Amin villages of At Tawisha locality, North Darfur reportedly destroyed 90 houses. Field teams reported that all households were displaced to other locations within At Tawisha locality.
Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the third airstrike on the capital just this month, is yet another reminder that the ceasefire has not brought a lasting peace for people in Lebanon, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned.
In conflict-affected areas, such as South Darfur, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams see how internally displaced people are struggling to meet their basic necessities, leaving them more susceptible to this malnutrition crisis.
DTM Sudan field teams have recorded a significant increase in cross-border movement from Egypt to Sudan. The total number of returnees has increased by 44 per cent in only three weeks, from 114,457 individuals reported in Return Monitoring Alert (1) to an estimated 165,330 individuals.
All WFP food stocks are depleted, which forced the closure of all WFP-supported bakeries, and cut off bread access for 800,000 people. Food parcels are fully exhausted, and the last remaining supplies have been delivered to hot meal kitchens, which are expected to run out within days.
The National Council for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Lebanon (NCEILebanon) hosted a landmark seminar, on AI for a National Strategy in Lebanon, as an introduction to NCEILebanon AI Initiative
The event brought together government officials, academic leaders, and industry experts to lay the groundwork for Lebanon’s comprehensive national AI strategy.
In 2024, UNHCR supported 31 community centers, including 20 Community Development Centers (CDCs) and 11 Social Development Centers (SDCs), across Lebanon. Through community centers, women, men, boys and girls of diverse backgrounds can access protection, social, legal, learning, and other services and activities.
Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense military activities and hostilities have continued to escalate, resulting in hundreds of civilians killed and injured, further damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure, and new waves of forced displacement.
Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024, which killed 33 civilians, 15 of them children, were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said today.
On 19 April 2025, DTM field teams reported that approximately 220 households were displaced from Burush village in Um Kadadah locality, North Darfur due to increased insecurity. Households were primarily displaced to other locations within Um Kadadah locality, North Darfur. The situation remains tense and unpredictable.
Since its inception in 2014, the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF) has allocated almost $1.1 billion, ensuring that lifesaving assistance reached millions of vulnerable Syrians through the cross-border modality.
On 14 April 2025, DTM field teams reported that 146 households were displaced from Abulujam, Manjura Tat, and Manjura villages in Jebel Moon locality, following an attack by a group of Arab tribesmen.
From April 6 onward, the Israeli military has demonstrably intensified operations across Gaza's eastern and southern edges, consolidating control over significant swaths of land. A marked increase in airstrikes, artillery fire, and demolitions in specific districts reveals a clear trend toward the systematic expansion of a security buffer zone.
