The bodies of two civilians, Sami Hana Nmair and Munir Ibrahim Nmair, from Kharba village in the western suburbs of Suwaida governorate, were found by residents near the village on April 20, 2022, bearing gunshot wounds.The village is under the control…

Key Updates• Land and sea arrivals to Italy and Spain from North Africa through the Central (CMR) and Western Mediterranean Routes (WMR) increased by 13% compared to the same period in 2021.• Data from the Spanish Ministry of Interior show an increase …

Key Updates• High-level visits to Niger: In February, Niger received visits from the Director General of IOM and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and in a separate mission, the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.Both delegations met with the presid…

In less than two months since Russian troops started the war in Ukraine, 5 million Ukrainians have left their country and about 7 million are displaced internally, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency, or UNHCR.Most Ukrainian refugees have sought refug…

• Since the reporting of the first case of COVID-19 on 22 March 2020 and as of 16 April 2022, A total of 55,769 confirmed cases, including 3,149 associated death cases (CFR 5.6%), were reported in Syria.• Out of 55,769 COVID-19 confirmed cases 93.2% of…

ANKARA, TURKEY — Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in northern Iraq, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency.The…

Turkish military forces using planes, helicopters and drones attacked Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Monday.The targets included camps and ammunition depots in the regions of Metina, Zap, and Avashin-Bas…

Today, the SRTF announced that two of its health interventions “Support to Five Primary Health Care Clinics and Two Dialysis Centres in Deir-ez-Zor and Ar-Raqqa Governorates” and “Supporting Health Services in Ar-Raqqa Governorate – Phase IV” received …

BEIRUT, LEBANON — The Islamic State group on Sunday vowed “revenge” over the killing of its former leader, calling on supporters to take advantage of the war in Ukraine to stage attacks in Europe.”We announce, relying on God, a blessed campaign to take…

The SRTF multi-phased food security project: Complementary Project for Enhancing Food Security in the North of Aleppo Governorate – Phase V” received a set of laboratory equipment for wheat and flour tests and analysis today.The delivery consisted of 2…

The Syria Recovery Trust Fund is pleased to announce that Japan has made a new contribution to support the SRTF’s Stabilisation programme under Filling the Void (FtV) project in Northeast Syria (NES) worth EUR 4.17 million. This is Japan’s sixth contri…

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social protection systems in the Arab region were weak, fragmented, not inclusive and non-transparent. They were also costly and unsustainable. Underinvestment in these systems and exclusion of vulnerable populations wer…