The negative impact of Syria’s war on its neighbours has been discussed at length. Governments in Jordan and Lebanon are constantly appealing for more support...
Conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen are leading to unprecedented numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Middle East and North Africa, and...
Palestinians in the Bourj el-Barajneh camp are regularly killed by loose electric cables. Nothing is ever done about it. Understanding why goes to the heart...
High-level officials from 78 countries and more than 40 international organisations are gathering in Kuwait City to take part in the Third International Humanitarian Pledging...
Aid agencies are partial, unaccountable and potentially corrupt, and they fail to meet refugees’ most pressing needs. These are just some of the criticisms emerging...
This week was a fanfare for celebrity humanitarians: Forest Whitaker appealed for peace in South Sudan alongside UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos; Angelina...
Welcome to IRIN's reading list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share some of their top picks of recent must-read research, interviews, reports,...
On 16 January, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced it had opened a preliminary examination into possible war crimes committed in the occupied...
The World Food Programme’s (WFP) celebrity-endorsed #ADollarALifeline campaign thrust the plight of Syrian refugees back into the global spotlight and netted more than the asked-for...
