18 September 2026

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Article 1D: a betrayal of direct responsibility? (VU Amsterdam, June 2026) [text]

Saudi Arabia’s Surging Deadly Treatment of Migrants and Refugees (Immigration Detention Monitor, Sept. 2026) [text]

"'Where do we go?': How Israel’s ‘yellow line’ is closing in on Palestinians," UN News, 12 Sept. 2026 [text]

Yemen Displaced Top 104,000 as IOM Calls for Urgent Action (IOM, Sept. 2026) [text]
- See also related TNH article and UNHCR briefing note.

Reports & journal articles:

"Bilateral Relations Between Refugee-Hosting and Origin Countries: The Case of Türkiye and Syria Until the Fall of Assad," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"From relief to resilience: Jordan’s hybrid model of refugee governance in the shadow of the Syrian crisis," Frontiers in Political Science, 9 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"The Future of Humanitarian Work and Political Representation in Lebanon: The Role of the Lebanese Red Cross and the Limitations of Humanitarian Actors," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]

Syria in 2026: Between Transition and Recovery - A Secondary Data Review of Humanitarian Conditions and Operational Implications (Estonian Refugee Council, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"What is UNRWA for? The contested purposes of refugee relief in Gaza, 1948–1950," Journal of Global History, FirstView, 13 July 2026 [open access]

"Why humanitarian localisation stalls in conflict settings? Administrative vetoes and risk transfer in Yemen," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 21 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Lebanon Between Refuge, Displacement and Exile Within the Homeland: Geographies of Recurrent Displacement (Tahjeer Podcast Series, Sept. 2026) [access]
- In Arabic, with subtitling available.

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