Children in the Syrian Arab Republic continue to face significant vulnerabilities after 14 years of conflict. Despite renewed engagement following the change in authorities in late 2024, humanitarian needs are rising due to large-scale returns, economic decline, climate shocks and damaged infrastructure.
Since 8 December 2024, UNHCR estimates 1,260,240 Syrians have returned to Syria from neighbouring countries, including some 437,586 from or via Lebanon. Returns are taking place through official and unofficial border crossing points, which complicates tracking.
On 3 December, the UNRWA Commissioner-General issued a statement on the continued challenges facing people in Gaza, as well as how UNRWA colleagues assist the population – including by supplying 90,000 cubic metres of water to communities and disposing of 9,000 tons of solid waste in November 2025.
As people in Syria mark one year since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Amnesty International reiterates the urgent need for Syria’s new authorities to break with the past and commit to delivering justice, truth and reparations while securing human rights for all.
The overall humanitarian situation in Hadramawt remains relatively stable, supported by the recent halt in military operations. However, the rapid shift in territorial control and the presence of multiple armed actors have created uncertainty that continues to affect civilian movement and needs.
Since January 2025, 379,103 Syrian individuals known to UNHCR have been inactivated from UNHCR’s database due to both confirmed and presumed returns to Syria.
This report documents emblematic cases of violations of international law that should be investigated as war crimes that were committed by the RSF and its allied forces during the attack and in its aftermath.
As of 27 November, 1,260,240 individuals have returned to Syria since 8 December while 1,950,090 internally displaced persons have returned to their areas of origin/selected destination in the same period.
One month after the takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur, and the escalation of armed clashes in Kordofan states, displacement has increased. Civilians, including previously displaced families and refugees, have been forced to flee to relatively safer states and localities.
IOM Yemen DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of origin or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, geography, and needs. It also tracks returnees who returned to their location of origin.
Conflict escalation in Al Fasher and North Kordofan triggered mass displacement, with over 97,800 people fleeing violence. Public health emergencies worsened, as cholera spread to 82 localities with 2,396 new cases and a 3.7 per cent fatality rate, while dengue cases surged past 16,500.
The LRP Overview and Scope outlines the population targets, funding status, and strategic objectives of the response. It provides a comprehensive overview of targeting approaches, prioritization of interventions within sector strategies, and geographical coverage.
Since February 2025, 190,000 South Sudanese have sought refuge in countries neighboring South Sudan, including an estimated 45,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 39,000 in Ethiopia, 75,000 in Sudan, and 30,000 in Uganda.
One year on, communities across Lebanon continue to live in fear as near-daily strikes persist despite the 27 November 2024 conditional ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. What was meant to end nearly a year of hostilities that began on 8 October 2023 has felt less like a ceasefire, and more like a “lessfire.”
To provide humanitarian actors with information and analysis on the Nagero County– Wau County displacement situation, including an overview of the humanitarian situation in Nagero County, to affect a more informed humanitarian response and enable better prepared response planning, and to enable evidence-based advocacy on behalf of affected populations.
Sudan remains at the epicentre of one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises globally. Since conflict erupted in April 2023, violence has displaced more than 7.7 million people1 within the country and forced over four million others to flee across borders in search of safety.
As temperatures drop and winter sets in, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that the coming months could bring yet more suffering to families in Gaza already facing unimaginable hardship.
The situation in Sudan remains extremely volatile, marked by escalating violence, mass displacement, and the near-collapse of essential services. Communities fleeing El Fasher and surrounding villages are arriving in remote areas with almost no access to maternal health care, protection services, or functioning health facilities.
As of 20 November, UNHCR estimates that 1,246,037 individuals have returned to Syria from other countries since 8 December 2024. As of 13 November, 1,944,762 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are estimated to have returned to their areas of origin, of whom 1,062,229 departed from IDP sites in northwest and northeast Syria.
