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Building research tools to improve response and resilience to flooding in Syria
Building research tools to improve response and resilience to flooding in Syria

February 5, 2021

Building research tools to improve response and resilience to flooding in Syria

Displacement associated with disasters and the effects of climate change is one of today’s most serious humanitarian and development issue. In the first half of 2020 alone, disasters triggered 9.8 million new displacements, and most were linked to weather-related hazards such as storms, floods and droughts. In northwest Syria, extreme flooding events are devastating families already reeling from ten years of violence conflict, displacement, economic ruin, and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh – Rohingya Crisis: Mapping infrastructure and services in refugee camps and sites
Bangladesh – Rohingya Crisis: Mapping infrastructure and services in refugee camps and sites

October 24, 2017

Bangladesh – Rohingya Crisis: Mapping infrastructure and services in refugee camps and sites

Since 25 August 2017, more than half a million Rohingya have fled conflict in Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh. The majority have settled in makeshift settlements and spontaneous sites, in self-built shelters established primarily with bamboo and tarpaulin bought upon arrival. The speed and scale of displacement, continued movement of people within the area, […]

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Who’s who in Northern Syria?
Who’s who in Northern Syria?

Who’s who in Northern Syria?

In a new escalation in Syria’s civil war, military operations were launched in northern Syria near the border. Here’s what you need to know about the many actors in the region.

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end
The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

Fires have laid waste to entire fields before the harvest season, destroying essentials crops such as wheat and barley. Agriculture is being destroyed across Syria, some of the heaviest losses in the regions around southern Idlib, Aleppo and al-Hasaka in the northeast.

UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive
UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive

UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive

The UN says a total of 51 medical facilities – such as hospitals, ambulance points and clinics – have been damaged as a result of attacks since the offensive began. Those who fled north leave behind dozens of ghost towns in their wake, according to a report published in May by REACH, an organisation that analyses humanitarian data.

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?
Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

According to recent data from REACH, a humanitarian research initiative, more than half of people recorded as coming back from Sudan through Renk in Upper Nile went to live in the U.N. protected site in Malakal.

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