In Gaza, Palestine, in the midst of a shattered ceasefire and more deaths, another tactic of war is playing out as Israeli authorities essentially block access to water by cutting electricity and fuel from entering Gaza, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Nearly two years of conflict in Sudan have triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis. This spotlight focuses on the daily lives of some displaced and pregnant women in Darfur, who face abhorrent living conditions with their families.
After more than a decade of conflict, war injuries, destruction, and the lack of adequate infrastructure have left millions of Syrians in extreme vulnerability. Almost one third of the Syrian population—aged over two—now lives with some form of disability.
Following recent events of Israeli activity and debates about Suwayda's position within a new Syria; SARI Global seeks to delve into his statement to assess the level of Israeli infiltration, Israeli presence in Southern Syria and whether there is a potentially deadly confrontation between the Syrian Druze community and the Syrian administration on the horizon.
The UN reports that more than 90 percent of housing units in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed over the past 15 months, and people have been left exposed to cold winter conditions. Shelter aid remains among the most urgently needed assistance.
The hostilities in the Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates of Syria in early March continue to displace people on a steady daily basis into the North and Akkar Governorates of north Lebanon.
Lebanon has witnessed a new wave of displacement from Syria due to intensied hostilities in the coastal regions, particularly affecting Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates. Recent displacement has led to the arrival of 10,500 new individuals in Akkar and the North Governorate, with the majority (8,828 people) settling in Akkar.
Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
As of March 20, the situation along the Lebanese-Syrian border continues to evolve, centered on the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali. Days of clashes and shelling led to casualties, displacement, and lingering tension, prompting Beirut and Damascus to undertake renewed diplomatic and military coordination.
This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic held on March 18, 2025.
Over the last 36 hours in Gaza, staff at the Red Cross Field Hospital have been working relentlessly to provide lifesaving treatment to a high number of patients, many of whom have severe injuries.
Since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, the civil society space has changed dramatically, both in terms of a decline in the presence of formally registered national NGOs – who typically have been heavily reliant on international funding and therefore less resilient to the reducing availability of resources, and through the central role that hyper-local mutual aid groups – in particular Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) – have increasingly played in delivering assistance to crisis-affected communities.
Since the fall of the regime in Syria on 8 December, new arrivals have entered Lebanon, including approximately 91,000 Syrians and Lebanese to Baalbek Governorate in the Bekaa, as well as over 15,000 recent new arrivals to the North of the country fleeing recent violence in Syria’s coastal areas as of 17 March 2025.
Whilst the post-ceasefire situation remains uncertain, IOM is closely monitoring mobility trends, assessing the evolving context, and continuing to address the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected by the conflict, including returnees.
تدين المنظمات الموقعة أدناه بشدّة الهجمات الإسرائيلية على جنوب سوريا، والاحتلال الإسرائيلي المستمر على أجزاء منها. هذه الانتهاكات تشكّل تهديدًا مباشرًا لحياة المدنيين السوريين وتزيد من خطر حدوث موجات نزوح داخلي ولجوء جديدة، وتؤدي إلى المزيد من عدم الاستقرار في سوريا والمنطقة بأسرها. كما تفاقم هذه الهجمات، الوضع الإنساني الهش أساسًا في بلد عانى لأكثر من ثلاثة عشر عامًا من الحرب والانهيار الاقتصادي والاجتماعي.
السياق
منذ اندلاع الثورة السورية عام 2011، تعرّض المدنيون السوريون في مختلف المناطق، ومنها الجنوب، لانتهاكات جسيمة لحقوق الإنسان من قبل أطراف عدة، بما في ذلك نظام الأسد (النظام السوري...
We strongly condemn the Israeli attacks on Southern Syria and the ongoing Israeli occupation. These violations endanger civilian lives, have the potential of triggering new waves of internal and external displacement, and risks further instability in Syria and the region. These attacks further undermine an already fragile humanitarian situation in a country, which has already suffered from over thirteen years of war, economic collapse, and mass displacement.
السياق
منذ اندلاع الثورة السورية عام 2011، تعرّض المدنيون السوريون في مختلف المناطق، ومنها الجنوب، لانتهاكات جسيمة لحقوق الإنسان من...
Shelter/NFI Cluster members are actively responding to the needs of displaced persons in northwest Syria, serving both newly displaced and long-term internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The hostilities in the Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates of Syria in early March continue to displace people on a daily basis into the North and Akkar Governorates of north Lebanon.
Israel’s deadly overnight attacks on Gaza are an appalling escalation that have mostly killed civilians and must be unequivocally condemned by international governments, especially Israel’s allies. Global leaders must urgently step up pressure and demand a reinstatement of the ceasefire agreement.
To facilitate humanitarian cash programming, the Northeast of Syria Cash Working Group (NES CWG), in collaboration with local and international NGOs, carries out a monthly Joint Market Monitoring Initiative in Northern Syria. This initiative (JMMI) assesses the availability and prices of basic commodities typically sold in markets and consumed by the average Syrian household.
