Dalal, 18, wears her best dress, green dotted with tarnished gold beads. She and her friends sit close together on the concrete floor of a tent in a temporary settlement in Akkar, Lebanon, not far from the Syrian border.

Education in exile — meet the Syrian girls going back to school in Lebanon.

In 2018, the IRC assisted over 120,000 Syrian refugees and low-income Jordanians to access healthcare, protection, education and income generation opportunities. One of the recent changes that IRC staff have noticed is that Syrian women are taking on more of an income earning role than was the norm back in Syria and that this is creating changes in household dynamics.

Diala Brisly is an artist, activist and refugee. Forced to flee Syria in 2013 and now resettled in France, Diala uses her art both to confront her own trauma and to defend the human rights of others.

What is refugee resettlement? Why is it an important lifeline for refugees? Find out here.

The IRC’s president and CEO David Miliband on the IRC’s emergency response, the challenges Syrian refugees in the country are facing, and the need for action from the global community. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

Meet refugee changemakers who are shaping policies, art, traditions, dreams and futures in ordinary - and extraordinary - ways.

A record high of 110 million people have fled their homes in search of safety and stability. This is more than any other time since World War II.

In the early morning of 6 February, the most severe earthquake Türkiye had experienced in almost 100 years also sent shockwaves across northern Syria and parts of Lebanon.

From coffee and catering to clothing and jewelry, here are a selection of small businesses owned by refugees to inspire you.