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Young girls inside Syria

Syria's education crisis: once-thriving classrooms gutted by war

A new IRC education survey lays out a devastating snapshot of what six years of fighting does to a generation.

ArticleMarch 13, 2017
Syrian civilians run for cover from bombardment in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Photo: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP

7 things you need to know about the horror in Syria

From the carnage in Eastern Ghouta to the hundreds of thousands uprooted in Idlib, the war in Syria has taken a catastrophic human toll as we mark its seventh year.

ArticleApril 18, 2018
Hila fled Deir ez-Zor after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed

Her family scattered by war, a Syrian grandmother finds a refuge

The war in Syria destroyed Hila’s house. Now she lives in a camp, far from most of her family. Learn how she finds the support she needs to cope.

ArticleNovember 13, 2018
Displaced Iraqi father with his baby daughter

Battle for Mosul takes toll on innocents

Two fathers talk about life under ISIS, the battle for Mosul, and their hopes and fears for the future as coalition forces fight for control of the second largest city in Iraq.

ArticleApril 14, 2017
Two displaced Iraqis in a camp

Escaping ISIS: risking their lives…to stay alive

As the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS enters its most dangerous phase, Iraqis are fleeing the city despite the danger of rockets, booby traps and snipers.

ArticleMarch 9, 2017

IRC-supported hospital in Syria hit by airstrike killing six

An IRC-supported hospital in Dara'a, southern Syria, was hit by an airstrike on July 31 that killed six people and wounded many more.

ArticleJuly 31, 2016
Naser and his family sit on cushions in a shelter after fleeing ISIS

What life is like under ISIS

Iraqis who fled ISIS describe the brutality and oppression they suffered under the extremist group’s rule.

ArticleOctober 6, 2016
Five-year-old Yousra from Yemen is suffering from cancer in her left eye. 

Little girl braves cancer amid the war in Yemen

Conflict in Yemen has unleashed one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises. Those with life-threatening illnesses, like Yousra, don’t have access to the treatment they need.

ArticleNovember 1, 2018
Young girls soothe babies sheltering underground in Eastern Ghouta.

“We’ve been buried alive:” Inside Eastern Ghouta’s underground bunkers

Thousands of Syrian families were living in basements and underground shelters in Douma, Eastern Ghouta to hide from the horror raining down on them. Hear from one family how they’ve survived.

ArticleApril 19, 2018
An elderly woman is assisted by a doctor and a relative in a health facility in Syria.

Crisis in Syria: The deadliest place for humanitarians

Syria ranks third on the IRC's annual Emergency Watchlist of 20 countries at greatest risk of worsening crisis in the year ahead. Here's what you need to know about the emergency in Syria.

ArticleFebruary 25, 2021

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