In October 2017, Al Raqqa was captured from ISIS following a sustained ground and aerial campaign by armed groups supported by international forces under the Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The recapture of the city caused the destruction of much of Al...
For the last 10 years, Syria has been ravaged by conflict. A staggering 220,000 to 550,000 people are estimated to have been killed. More than 12 million, out of the country’s population of 24 million at the start of the conflict, have either fled...
At the end of 2019, at least 13.4 million school-age children (5-17 years old) were internally displaced due to conflict or violence. These numbers are likely an underestimate with many internally displaced children unaccounted for due to lack of...
The people of Al Raqqa city in Northeast Syria experienced some of the heaviest fighting and bombing in the history of the Syrian conflict, as well as a devastating period under the control of ISIS between 2013 and late 2017. The vast majority of...
This document is a case study of a participant in the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme (CPiE PDP). Alaa Rajaa Mughrabieh, Hurras Network’s Child Protection Specialist, shares her learnings and reflections...
In recent years, the potential return and repatriation of women and children with perceived associations with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has provoked a strong security response from international actors. In response, Save the...
Ten years of conflict has affected the lives of millions of children in Syria, killing thousands. In 2019 alone, 251 children were killed in North West Syria alone during conflict. The conflict has also decimated civilian infrastructure, and...
Today millions of children are on the frontlines of conflict. Despite progress in some areas, the trends over recent years are of increasing violations, increasing numbers of children affected by conflict and increasingly protracted crises. While...
Nutrition programming has long remained underfunded and overlooked in the Syrian response because rates of acute malnutrition (wasting) have remained within what are considered acceptable levels. But it is not just wasting that is a problem. In...
The conflict that began in Syria in March 2011 has resulted in the largest displacement crisis in the world: over six million Syrians are currently living as internally displaced people (IDPs) and, in 2019, people inside of Syria continue to be...