The fall of the Assad government on 8 December 2024 marked a significant turning point in Syria’s political and humanitarian trajectory. This turn of events presents an opportunity to end one of the largest displacement crises in the world including for millions of internally displaced Syrians.
August has brought much wetter conditions across the country, improving crop and pasture conditions but also increasing flood risk and leading to expansion of flood areas.
IOM’s Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) tracks migrant arrivals to Yemen and migrant departure from Yemen through preidentified and accessible flow monitoring points located in various governorates in Yemen including Ta’iz, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwa and Al Mahara.
This brief draws on the June 2025 wave of the enhanced Refugee Perceptions and Intentions to Return to Syria Survey (eRPIS), conducted by phone with 6,316 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt between 25 May and 5 July 2025, representing ~782,000 Syrian refugee households.
South Sudan faces an escalating food crisis, driven by ongoing conflict, frequent climate shocks and economic instability. These overlapping challenges have deepened food insecurity across the country, putting millions at risk and straining already limited resources.
There are now million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including million internally and million in neighbouring countries.
Since 13 July 2025, the security situation in As-Sweida and Dar’a Governorates in southern Syria has escalated due to political tensions and armed confrontations.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is horrified by Israeli military attacks on two of its partner organisations in Gaza City over the weekend, which killed one of their employees, a pregnant woman and a child, and left others injured.
On 6 September 2025, heavy rain and floods across Mabrooka village in Al Fao locality, Gedaref state displaced approximately 17 households. Field teams reported that 17 houses were destroyed.
The objective is to strengthen the resilience of conflict-affected communities to external shocks, thereby reducing their vulnerability to further shocks and food insecurity.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), with generous support from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has completed a year-long project to improve sanitation infrastructure and solid and liquid waste management services for over 185,000 people in Ma’rib Governorate, home to Yemen’s largest population of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Today, children across the occupied West Bank will be starting the new school year, including nearly 46,000 Palestine Refugee children attending UNRWA schools.
The 2025 mid-year Protection sector dashboard summarizes the progress made by Protection sector partners (including CP and GBV) involved in the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP), identifies key challenges and priorities, and highlights trends aecting people in need.
There are now 11.9 million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including 7.5 million internally and 4.1 million in neighbouring countries
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.
UNICEF supported 3,127 Primary Health Care facilities out of 5,214 nationwide, representing 60% of Yemen's facilities, and delivered essential services to 1.5 million women and children, including maternal, newborn, and child health, despite ongoing humanitarian challenges.
Food inflation eased in 2024 and 2025, reaching about 6 percent in July 2025. The year‑on‑year increase in July was driven by higher prices of fresh vegetables, ovine meat and fresh fruits, up 25.3, 19.1 and 15.1 percent, respectively.
