UNHCR and the Commission for Refugees (COR) have responded to referrals of 312 individuals who had been in captivity on average between 5 to 9 months. They have all been accommodated in asylum reception centers for further legal screening and needs assessment.
The airstrike on Sana’a that killed Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi marks a historic escalation in the Yemen conflict and in the shadow war between Israel and Iran.
According to a statement by the UN Spokesperson, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, civilians remain cut off without access to food and clean water, and public health is deteriorating amid outbreaks of diseases like cholera.
Since early August, torrential rains and violent windstorms have devastated communities across Yemen, destroying homes, sweeping away livelihoods, and displacing thousands of families already living in precarious conditions.
The Lebanon Response Plan 2024-2025 (LRP) is an integrated humanitarian and stabilization response plan co-led by the Government of Lebanon and the United Nations, supported by international and national partners.
Since the start of the conflict, some 149,000 people have sought refuge in neighboring countries, including an estimated 30,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 35,000 in Ethiopia, 60,000 in Sudan, and 24,000 in Uganda.
As of 28 August 2025, 4,8 million are estimated to be living outside IDP sites, while 1,4 million reside in 1,782 IDP sites and camps in Northwest Syria (NWS) and Northeast Syria (NES).
A high-level delegation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has concluded a visit to Damascus, reaffirming the Organization’s commitment to addressing humanitarian needs and advancing longer-term recovery goals in Syria in line with national priorities.
After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily, UNICEF warned today.
On 23 August, a group of people, including children and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff were gathered as our teams distributed water in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine. Gunfire subsequently erupted, injuring people.
Yemen is facing a severe and escalating natural disaster as torrential rainfall during the second rainy season triggers destructive flash floods across multiple governorates.
Save the Children opened its first national office in Syria on Monday, ending 13 years of management from Jordan, Türkiye and Lebanon, with plans to scale up programmes at a time when a record three in every four children need humanitarian assistance.
On 20 August 2025, an estimated 435 individuals were displaced from Wad Al-Hajam village in Al Radoum locality, South Darfur due to an intra-communal dispute over livestock between groups of Arab Awlad Abu Ali tribesmen.
Between 19 and 20 August 2025, DTM field teams estimated that 1,000 individuals were displaced from Abu Shouk IDP camp in Al Fasher locality due to heightened insecurity.
In the past 72 hours, the Israeli Defense Forces have intensified ground operations around Gaza City following the approval of the Gaza City offensive, deploying armored and infantry units in Zeitoun, Jabalia, and Shujaiya, and cutting key routes such as Salah al-Din Road.
Regional and international donors must seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in Syria’s recovery and to support the many who are finally returning home, but find nothing but ruins, urges the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland, on a visit to the country this week.
As-Sweida Governorate is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis following a major escalation in hostilities that began on 13 July 2025, leading to a collapse of essential services, widespread displacement, and the closure of access routes.
