On the night of 18 July, a ceasefire mediated by the US was reached between Syria and Israel, following the intense infighting in As-Sweida as well as Israel’s airstrikes targeted government sites in Damascus on 16 July. After the announcement of the ceasefire, the local actors engaged in the hostilities were instructed to leave the areas.
Sweida Governorate remains engulfed in a rapidly evolving and violent conflict, with multiple armed actors contesting control and civilians caught amid deteriorating humanitarian conditions.
On 16 July, the UN Secretary General expressed alarm over the escalation and condemned violence against civilians on all sides. He called for an immediate de-escalation, respect for Syria’s sovereignty, and humanitarian access to aid the displaced and injured.
The total death toll among civilians because of clashes in Sweida and Israeli airstrikes remains unconfirmed. As of 15 July, UNHCR estimated that at least 1,200 families have been displaced from Sweida.
As conflict and isolation continue to cut off entire areas in Darfur from essential services, the communities of south Jebel Marra, Sortoni, Rokero, in Jebel Marra, a remote mountainous area, have been deprived from adequate assistance and snubbed by aid actors for over two years since the war started between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces despite enduring horrid conditions.
On November 5, 2024, the IFRC launched an Emergency Appeal to support the Lebanese Red Cross in responding to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, aiming to assist 700,000 affected individuals.
Amid heightened regional tensions in June, the risk of conflict spillover into Lebanon remained high. Despite Israel’s partial withdrawal, it still occupies five border positions, and ceasefire violations persist
Since late February, political instability and rising hostilities between armed groups in South Sudan have led to fresh clashes, particularly in Upper Nile state. This has caused a large influx of people to flee South Sudan to Sudan. More than 161,000 people have entered Sudan during this period.
This assessment, titled the 'Durable Solutions Index' (DSI), is specifically designed to evaluate the progress made towards achieving durable solutions for IDPs, returnees, and their host communities within the particularly affected states of Upper Nile and Unity in South Sudan.
Between November 2024 and June 2025, DTM field teams recorded approximately 1,337,117 returnees across 1,140 locations in Aj Jazirah (71%), Sennar (13%), Khartoum (8%), White Nile (5%), River Nile (2%), and West Darfur (<1%).
Since the latest armed conflict broke out in Sudan in April 2023, over 11 million people have fled their homes. Displaced persons live in dire conditions in Sudan, including in Darfur, one of the regions most severely affected by fighting, as well as other countries.
Between 11 and 12 July, DTM field teams estimated that 675 households were displaced from Al Kordi and Shag Alnom villages in Bara locality, North Kordofan due to heightened insecurity.
The deaths of five children killed in Taiz in southwestern Yemen while playing football when unexploded ordnance (UXO) detonated has brought the number of child casualties of UXOs and landmines this year to at least 40, Save the Children said, calling for more funding for life-saving mine action activities.
South Sudan is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis characterised by extensive internal displacement. The underlying causes of these displacement dynamics are varied and include communal clashes, land disputes, insecurity, violence, disasters, and cross-border movements.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that Gaza’s water crisis has reached breaking point. Ongoing hostilities, mass displacement, and extreme fuel shortages have left communities without access to the basic clean water and sanitation they need to survive.
Just after the Gaza ceasefire came into effect on 19 January 2025, Israeli forces launched on 21 January a major militarized operation in the West Bank, dubbed “Iron Wall”. The operation began in Jenin, but soon expanded across the northern West Bank, with the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams being at the centre of operations.
A massive increase in people fleeing to Tawila in North Darfur over the last three months is propelling the small town into a full-scale humanitarian crisis.
