Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic. Since January 2025, 681,612 Syrians known to UNHCR have returned to Syria and consequently been inactivated from UNHCR’s records. This includes refugees confirmed to have returned¹ and those inactivated due to prolonged absence and loss of contact². Among
poverty
When I was in high school, and early on during the summers in college, I spent my days working at a local pharmacy. I got a one-hour lunch break, and I ended up going almost every day to lunch at my favorite place: Granny and PawPaw’s house. I don’t remember how it started. One d...
persecution
A predominantly Christian village in Syria is calling for “security, justice, and accountability,” as one priest wrote on Facebook. Al-Suqaylabiyah has experienced its second attack in six months from its predominantly Muslim neighbor, Al-Qalaa (Qalaat al-Madiq). Young men from A...
persecution
As president of International Christian Concern (ICC), I am calling on governments around the world to adopt and enforce robust measures to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the financial networks that sustain terrorist organizations and extremist movements. ICC’s new report, The ...
persecution
On Friday, gunmen opened fire during a funeral at Hammoud Church, a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak governorate, Jordan. At least seven people were killed, and 34 others were injured. Authorities have launched an investigation, and the circumstances surrounding the attack remain u...
disaster
Countries: Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Panama . KEY FIGURES 20K people displaced in the last month across Haiti due to violence 5K people remain in shelters after a 7.5 earthquake in Panama 183K people projected to face Crisis-level food insecurity in the Dry...
