Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) expresses its concerns regarding the inability of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to consistently adhere to its humanitarian and protection mandates in Syria and Lebanon. This comes in response to a position paper by the office on the "Return to the Syrian Arab Republic," following political changes and the fall of the Assad regime.
Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) expresses its deep concern about the ongoing hunger strike by over 100 Syrian refugees detained in Roumieh Prison. The hunger strike, which began on February 11, serves as means of peaceful protest to make various demands including that Syrian detainees are handed over to Syrian authorities to either be released, continue to serve their sentences or to face trial in Syria. The detainees have also sought to draw attention to the inhumane and illegal conditions of their detention in Lebanon and demand better treatment.
The security situation in Syria remained volatile with sporadic security escalations. Hostilities continues to impact Northeast Syria (NES), particularly in eastern Aleppo and around the Tishreen Dam, as well as in Al-Hasakeh and ArRaqqa governorates.
يدعم “مركز الوصول لحقوق الإنسان” (ACHR) ورقة موقف مكتب “المفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين” الصادرة في كانون الأول/ ديسمبر 2024 حول “العودة إلى الجمهورية العربية السورية”1 لكنه يثير مخاوفًا بشأن عدم قدرة المفوّضية على الالتزام باستمرار بالتفويضات الإنسانية والحماية في سوريا ولبنان. في هذه اللحظة المحورية، التي اتسمت بتغييرات كبيرة للتغيير السياسي الحقيقي في سوريا، يجب على المفوضية إعادة تقييم سياساتها واستراتيجياتها لتقديم المساعدات بشكل أفضل بما يتماشى مع المبادئ الإنسانية، بعيدًا عن النفوذ السياسي.
This week, Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israeli forces intensify their operations there. Focused on the northern West Bank, the campaign is already the longest and most intense there since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s.
The Israeli Defence Minister has ordered the army to take control of three Palestinian refugee camps in the northern West Bank and block residents’ return. Euro-Med Monitor strongly condemns the move, which reveals a serious escalation of Israel’s apartheid and forced displacement practices against the Palestinian people, beginning with the 1948 Nakba.
Over 586,000 children under the age of 10 have been vaccinated for poliovirus across Gaza, reaching 99 per cent of the target population since the campaign began on 22 February.
At least 800 Israeli military checkpoints, barriers and gates causing unprecedented movement restrictions; two-hour journeys now take twelve, hampering humanitarian response
The End of Year for 2024 Livelihoods sector dashboard summarizes the progress made by Livelihoods sector partners involved in the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP), identifies key challenges and priorities, and highlights trends affecting people in need.
Since the ceasefire, WFP has provided emergency cash and in-kind food assistance to 580,500 people in addition to its regular programmes- bringing the total people assisted in January to 1.41 million, across both regular and emergency programmes.
This dashboard summarizes the monthly progress made by Child Protection Working Group partners involved in the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) through the Coordination reporting platform on Activity Info.
On 18 February, the Israel Army withdrew from remaining population centres in southern Lebanon, while maintaining presence in five strategic positions along the Blue Line. The Lebanese Armed Forces deployed into vacated areas, supporting population returns.
Improvement in assortment, availability and resilience of supply chains in South and Baalbek-El Hermel saw market functionality back at par with national levels by December 2024.
The World Food Programme today announced that the ceasefire in Gaza has allowed it to bring in more than double the monthly average of food it delivered prior to the ceasefire being in place.
Estimates of the number of people missing from Syria run as high as 200,000. They include persons missing as a consequence of summary execution, arbitrary and incommunicado detention, kidnapping and abduction, enslavement, sarin gas attacks, forced displacement and migration, as well as other human rights abuses.
For almost 500 days, Gaza has been subject to one of the most intense bombing campaigns in history. The extensive and widespread harm, largely caused by the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas, has displaced 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.1 million inhabitants and damaged more than 66 percent of Gaza’s structures.
At least 111,700 Palestinians were injured between 7 October 2023 and 19 February 2025, with many finding their lives permanently changed. Islamic Relief is providing emergency medical aid and mental health support, with a view to rebuilding treatment centres for those with special needs and disabilities as soon as we can.
