The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of its ongoing crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch said today.
The deployment of armed Ugandan soldiers and military equipment to South Sudan since 11 March 2025 flagrantly violates the arms embargo, Amnesty International said today, ahead of this month’s UN Security Council vote on the embargo’s renewal.
Syrian National Army (SNA) factions that fought the Assad government with backing from Türkiye continue to detain, mistreat, and extort civilians in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch said today.
In April 2025, Shelter Cluster hubs across Yemen navigated complex challenges, including escalating displacement, recurrent evictions, and climate-related risks. Key achievements included infrastructure improvements, distributions of emergency shelter and non-food items (NFIs), and progress on transitional shelter projects.
More than 93% of the children in Gaza – about 930,000 children – are at critical risk of famine, said Save the Children, as new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the leading international authority measuring hunger crises, reveals a spiraling hunger catastrophe.
As of March 2025, 12.8 million people have been forcibly displaced, including over 8.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 3.7 million refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees who have crossed into neighboring countries.
As of 8 May 2025, UNHCR estimates that some 481,730 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring countries since 8 December 2024. This brings up the total of over 842,570 Syrian individuals that have returned to Syria since the beginning of 2024.
OCHA access teams continue to work on strengthening joint analysis and advocacy for improved humanitarian access in northeast Syria. Building on the January access snapshots for Al-Hasakeh, Ar-Raqqa, and Deir-ez-Zor, partners aim to produce updated monthly snapshots and register incidents through OCHA’s new Access Monitoring and Reporting Framework.
Since 18 March 2025, Israeli forces have escalated bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations. This has resulted in hundreds of casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement.
At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured, according to the Ministry of Health, after airstrikes hit Gaza City today, just metres from an MSF clinic.
The ongoing freeze by the United Kingdom and European Union countries on 10s of thousands of Syrian asylum applications is deeply concerning. The freeze, carried out without individual assessments, constitutes a violation of international law—particularly the principle of non-refoulement—given the current absence of safe and dignified conditions for return to Syria.
Food-related violence continued to be reported in Sudan between 1 January and 31 March 2025 in addition to the blockading of essential food supplies from urban areas, most notably in El Fasher. This briefing provides an overview of the most frequently reported forms of food violence over this period.
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.
Along with the catastrophic impact of the conflict and the refugee’s influx, Lebanon continues to face a multi-layered crisis characterized by deep-rooted vulnerabilities and acute humanitarian needs. The crisis is driven by a combination of factors, including financial and socio-economic downturn and political deadlock.
Between 1 and 3 May 2025, DTM field teams estimated that 257 households were displaced from Abu Shouk IDP camp and Al Fasher town due to heightened insecurity.
Israel’s reported plan to distribute humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is nothing more than a new manoeuvre aimed at prolonging the comprehensive and illegal blockade imposed on the territory. This move reintroduces starvation, only under a humanitarian façade this time,legitimising its continued use as a weapon within the context of an ongoing genocide that has lasted more than 19 months.
Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country.
Almost 100 days into the Israeli operation in the northern West Bank, about 40,000 Palestinians remain displaced. As this situation risks becoming permanent, the UN Human Rights Office warns it may amount to forcible transfer.
Violence swiftly spread across Jaramana governorate, with individual attacks against Druze civilians recorded in various other localities in Damascus and Rural Damascus. On the morning of April 29, Jaraman was placed under a lockdown as more pro-government continued to arrive into the area.
