In 2024, Syrian children continued to endure the effects of the ongoing conflict, economic collapse, and displacement, culminating in the fall of the government on 8 December. The humanitarian situation remains fluid and unpredictable.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warns that Israel halting all entry of aid into Gaza, amid stalled ceasefire efforts, will have devastating consequences for over two million civilians who are already facing starvation and extreme deprivation.
Renard emphasized the importance of continuing the current surge. “The ceasefire must hold, and all border crossings must remain open and operational at full capacity. There can be no going back.”
Data from the 2023 Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA), alongside a comparative analysis with 2022 findings, reveals shifts in the types and prevalence of safety and security concerns among different population groups in Lebanon.
يعرب مركز وصول لحقوق الإنسان (ACHR) عن قلقه البالغ تجاه الإضراب المستمر عن الطعام والذي ينفذه أكثر من مئة معتقل من اللاجئين السوريين في سجن رومية في لبنان. بدأ هذا الإضراب في الحادي عشر من الشهر الجاري شباط/فبراير كوسيلة احتجاج سلمي للمطالبة بعدة مطالب. من بين هذه المطالب تسليم المعتقلين السوريين في لبنان للسلطات السورية الجديدة لإطلاق سراحهم، أو محاكمتهم في سوريا، أو لاستكمال مدة الحكم هناك. كما يطالب المعتقلون، وعلى رأسهم المضربون عن الطعام، بتسليط الضوء على الظروف اللاإنسانية المخالفة للقانون وأوضاع احتجازهم القاسية التي يعانون منها في السجون اللبنانية، كما يطالبون بمعاملة إنسانية كريمة.
he International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in an overnight operation returned the remains of four deceased hostages to Israel and transferred 537 Palestinian detainees to Gaza and the West Bank.
The Palestinian community of Shi’b Al-Butum in Masafer Yatta is at imminent risk of forcible transfer due to increasing state-backed settler attacks, as well as home demolitions, restrictions on access to land and illegal settlement expansion by the Israeli authorities, Amnesty International said today.
These denials to enter Gaza exacerbate a cycle of Israeli violations of Palestinians’ right to health. Israeli authorities control both entry into and exit from Gaza, including medical evacuations.
في 9 يناير/كانون الثاني 2025، انتخب البرلمان اللبناني رئيسًا جديدًا، هو جوزاف عون، بعد شغور رئاسي دام أكثر من عامَيْن. وفي 13 يناير/كانون الثاني 2025، كلّف الرئيس عون الرئيس السابق لمحكمة العدل الدولية وسفير لبنان السابق لدى الأمم المتحدة، نواف سلام، بتأليف وترؤس حكومة جديدة.
Mobility Tracking data indicates that 949,571 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have begun returning to their communities. Given the complexity and fluidity of population movements in the country, these observed returns cannot be considered permanent and should be viewed as a snapshot in time, as many people remain on the move.
On 9 January 2025, Lebanon’s Parliament elected a new president, Joseph Aoun, after a more than two-year presidential vacancy. On 13 January 2025, President Aoun designated the former president of the International Court of Justice and Lebanon’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Nawaf Salam, to form and lead a new cabinet of ministers.
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.
