In one of the largest expulsions in modern history, four million Afghans face deportation as Iran launches a mass security crackdown after its war with Israel. Over half a million Afghans have returned from Iran since the start of June, according to the UN migration agency, after Tehran gave undocumented migrants until 6 July …
A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before returning is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, many are preparing to leave, others remain uncertain. KILIS — On a sunny spring morning, three women gathered in the courtyard of Kareemat, a women-led peacebuilding organization in Kilis, a southern …
The new aid plan bypasses the UN and uses private charities and security firms to deliver aid in Gaza, with fears it is a fig leaf to advance mass displacement. The US is establishing a new system relying on private firms to coordinate humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s total blockade continues for …
Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival. Shireen Atassi, building a new life with her family in Dubai, felt a strong calling to preserve the richness of Syrian art early on in what became Syria’s brutal 13-year civil war. Now, in the …
After Assad’s fall, Syrian civil society is reorganising for an inclusive political transition and to claim a role in rebuilding the nation. Before its collapse, Bashar Al-Assad’s autocratic regime left Syria in ruins, with widespread poverty and deep collective suffering after five decades of oppression and more than 13 years of a devastating civil war. …
The ceasefire in Gaza will reveal the horrifying human cost of Israel’s war as bodies are found under the rubble and the missing are accounted for. After months of failed negotiations to end the deadliest war in the Gaza Strip’s history, the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, which took effect on Sunday, brought …
South Sudan is continuing to struggle with the impacts of climate change, including floods and droughts, leaving many people without food, homes, or resources South Sudan is increasingly feeling the harsh effects of climate change which have led to drought and floods, with devastating consequences for already vulnerable populations in one of Africa’s …
A few weeks ago, a refugee using the pseudonym “Laila” left Dahiye, a South Beirut suburb smashed by Israeli airstrikes. She fled with her family, and travelled east to the Syrian border, with just enough money to cover the journey. But when she crossed the frontier, at the Al-Dabusiyeh checkpoint, Syrian authorities …
A wave of horrific atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces in Gezira state is endangering entire communities as Sudan’s war shows no sign of abating. Reports of extreme violence coming out of Sudan’s east-central state of Gezira indicate mass killings, torture, and sexual violence against civilians in recent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support …
Karim Benabdallah looks tired. The 48-year-old activist and blogger has been actively engaged in Tunisian politics for more than 20 years. Yet as he gazes up at a carob tree, at the Belvedere Park in the hills above Tunis, his eyes seem weary. “We’re in a place established by those who once …