What do Syrians need as they return home?
In Aleppo, Syrians continue to return after 14 years of crisis. Mari is a shelter officer with UNHCR and has seen first hand what challenges many returnees face, but also their hopes for a new...
من دمشق أمهات سوريات يشاركن أمنياتهن
سنوات طويلة من الصراع والأزمات والشتات عاشتها الأمهات السوريات أمنيات مؤجلة منذ ما يقارب الـ 14 عامًا هذه بعض أمنياتهن في عام...
Khaled’s story, a Syrian returnee father
Khaled & his family are among over half a million people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon, fleeing Israeli bombardment Their story highlights the challenges Syrians returning to Syria are facing, in a country where 90% of the population needs humanitarian...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi at Lebanon-Syria border
The massive influx of Syrian and Lebanese families fleeing from Lebanon into Syria demands urgent attention from the international community. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, urges global solidarity to ensure that those affected by airstrikes and...
What you need to know the situation in Syria
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are returning home. Since December 8, 300,000 refugees and 850,000 internally displaced people have gone back. But the challenges are immense—damaged homes, lost documents, and landmines. Now is the time to step up and support...
UNHCR’s Grandi meets with Syrians returning home
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi is in Syria as part of a wider visit to the region to discuss how best to support Syrian refugees who are voluntarily returning...
UNHCR teams report from the Syria-Lebanon borders
Our teams at the Syria-Lebanon borders continue to report a very desperate situationOver 71% of arrivals to Syria are Syrian Many tell us they sold the little they had to afford the journey back home UNHCR is helping, but the needs are huge & more funding is...
Fleeing deadly attacks in Lebanon – seeking safety in Syria
Thousands of people are fleeing deadly attacks in Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate civilian lives UNHCR is working with partners to help displaced people across Lebanon. Thousands of Lebanese and Syrians are also crossing the border to Syria UNHCR...
Syrians Come Home: Dispatch From Dar’a
After years of exile, Syrians are returning home to Dar’a, a city still scarred by war. They arrive to find their houses in ruins, electricity scarce, and livelihoods uncertain, but the longing for home outweighs the hardship. UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, is...
In Their Own Words: Abd Alhameed in Aleppo, Syria
With many homes damaged or destroyed in the conflict, many displaced and retuning Syrian families are in desperate need of shelter support, especially during the winter...
Syria – UNHCR Representative of Syria, Mr.Gonzalo Vargas Llosa on the situation at the Syria-Lebanon border
The situation is dire for civilians devastated by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 100,000 people have crossed into Syria so far. Learn what’s happening in this update on the escalating crisis in the region and how we are responding from UNHCR’s...
UNHCR’s Representatives in Lebanon and Syria update on the escalating crisis
The situation is dire for civilians devastated by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 100,000 people have crossed into Syria so far. Learn what’s happening in this update on the escalating crisis in the region and how we are responding from UNHCR’s...