Keywords: Displacement


Rising casualties and mass displacement reported in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes

The humanitarian toll of the ongoing conflict in Lebanon continues to rise as authorities report a growing number of casualties and displaced civilians following a series of Israeli airstrikes across the country. According to updated figures released by Lebanon’s health authorities, at least 570......

Lebanon schools and universities close amid security escalation, uncertainty over rest of week

Schools and universities across Lebanon remained closed Tuesday following a government decision prompted by renewed security tensions, as parents and school administrators called on authorities to provide clearer guidance for the remainder of the week. The closure was ordered by Education Minister Rima......

Climate change drives deadlier Mediterranean winter storms

Human driven climate change has sharply increased the lethality and intensity of winter storms across the western Mediterranean, with recent tempests now about one third more deadly than they would have been in a pre industrial climate, according to an international team of scientists. Their assessment......

Flash flood in Indonesia kills 16, displaces hundreds

At least 16 people have died and three are missing after a sudden flash flood hit Siau Island in Indonesia, authorities reported Tuesday. The disaster struck on Monday as an overflowing river inundated four towns on the small island north of Sulawesi. Abdul Muhari, spokesman for the national disaster......

Sudanese soldiers flee to South Sudan after loss of strategic oil site

Sudanese troops who abandoned their positions at the country’s largest oil field have surrendered in South Sudan, according to the South Sudanese army. The retreat followed the takeover of the Heglig oil site by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary group that has steadily expanded......

Desperate escape: Gaza families face insurmountable costs to flee violence

As the Israeli offensive in Gaza intensifies, families are struggling to escape, faced with exorbitant costs and dangerous conditions. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), it costs over $3,000 for a family to flee Gaza, a price tag far......

Palestinian families flee Gaza City as Israeli offensive escalates

Gaza City is enduring another wave of mass displacement as Israeli forces intensify their ground invasion and bombardment, leaving many residents fearing they may never return home. Families are fleeing southward amid devastating scenes of destruction, carrying only the bare essentials on vans, trucks,......

Israeli proposal to relocate Gaza’s population to Sahara sparks outrage

An Israeli political analyst has stirred controversy with a radical proposal to relocate Gaza's population to Morocco’s Sahara, presenting it as a solution to the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory. Rafael Castro, writing for Israel National News, described his idea as a “realistic......

Alawite families forced to flee neighborhood near Damascus

Dozens of Alawite families in Syria were compelled to leave their neighborhood near Damascus following threats from armed men, residents told AFP on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that an armed group entered the Soumariya district, west of Damascus, on Thursday, forcing......