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.
The deteriorating food security situation in Yemen can be attributed to worsening economic conditions, substantial reductions in humanitarian aid due to funding cuts, limited livelihood opportunities, localized conflict across frontlines, and climatic hazards.
In 2025 alone, 18 staff and volunteers of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement were killed while carrying out their lifesaving work in Gaza, in Sudan, in South Sudan, in Iran, in Ethiopia and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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.
South Sudan remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a humanitarian worker, ranking as number two so far this year, according to Aid Worker Security Database.
El Fasher, North Darfur, has been under siege and affected by continuous fighting for 15 months, leading to extreme levels of needs, severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
In 2025, the Regional RRP is designed to target the needs of 2.53 million refugees and 1.84 million members of the host community in the five main asylum countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda.
The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has allocated CHF 220,000 for the implementation anticipatory actions to reduce and mitigate the impact of (Floods) in (Yemen).
During the first half of 2025, children and families in Lebanon continued to endure the repercussions of the armed conflict that escalated in 2024, further weakening an already deteriorated economy and overstretched public services.
Syrians are enduring one of the world's most complex emergencies, a combination of protracted hostilities, repeated displacement of civilians, economic recession, disease outbreaks, and devastating earthquake.
Insecurity Insight identified 622 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care in Sudan since fighting started between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023 and 16 July 2025
Between 6 and 12 August, the security situation in As-Sweida Governorate remained tense, with multiple incidents of armed violence and clashes reported across both rural and urban areas.
