Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises (RLI Blog, July 2025) [text]

- Introductory post to new blog series on the "availability of durable solutions for Syrian refugees."

Funding Cuts, Refugee Protection, and Research: Türkiye, Syria, the European Union, and Beyond (RLI Blog, July 2025) [text]

Gaza: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response (ACT Alliance et al., July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related stories from Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The New Humanitarian and NPR.

"Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans Forced to Leave Iran Amid Crackdown, UN Says," RFE/RL, 6 July 2025 [text]

In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for refugees returning home (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

IOM Reaches Milestone as 100,000 Migrants Return Home from Libya (IOM, June 2025) [text]

Israel’s destructive West Bank military operation fuels mass forced displacement of Palestinians (Amnesty International, June 2025) [text]

Protracted Palestinian exile and the “right to have rights” (IIED, June 2025) [text]

"Syrian Alawites flee to Lebanon, with little aid to meet them," The New Humanitarian, 4 June 2025 [text]

What does the failure of humanitarianism in Gaza mean? (ODI Insights, June 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Country Report: Egypt (AIDA, June 2025) [text]

Diaspora Humanitarian Engagement in Lebanon: Real-time Review (Diaspora Emergency Action and Coordination & Danish Refugee Council, July 2025) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Available in English and Arabic.

Five months under iron wall: The human toll of prolonged displacement & territorial fragmentation in the West Bank (MSF, July 2025) [text]

Meanings of the South and Refugees’ Views and Critiques of Southern Responses to Displacement, Southern Responses to Displacement Research Note, no. 1 (UCL, June 2025) 

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon, Jordan and Türkiye. Available in English and Arabic.

A roadmap for energy access in displacement settings: Jordan (UNITAR et al., June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Six Months Post-Assad: A Safe Return Remains Out of Reach (USCRI, June 2025) [text]

South-South Cooperation: Diplomatic and Humanitarian Responses to Conflict and Displacement (UCL, June 2025) [access]

- Focuses particularly "on responses to displacement in and from Syria, Gaza and Lebanon." Follow link for workshop report and related policy brief.

Transregional Responses to Displacement: Aid, Advocacy and Accountability (UCL, June 2025) 

-  Focuses "primarily on responses to displacement from Syria developed and implemented in Lebanon, Jordan, and Türkiye, as well as historical and contemporary responses to displacement in the broader Middle East, including in relation to Gaza." Access the research report in English and Arabic and the research note in English and Arabic.

Unlocking Rights in Northeast Syria: The Importance of Civil and Legal Documentation (Norwegian Refugee Council, July 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (29 May 2025)