The months-long siege of eastern Aleppo ended in mid-December as Syrian government forces wrested control of areas that had been held by rebels. The intensifying bombing of these neighborhoods in the weeks before the ceasefire forced many residents to shelter underground, and tens of thousands to flee.

The past few months have seen some of the bloodiest fighting in more than seven years of civil war in Syria as attacks intensify in Eastern Ghouta, including a suspected chemical weapons attack on April 8 in the town of Douma. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and our partners are there providing support for civilians living under siege.

More than 13 years of conflict have left over 16 million Syrians in need of humanitarian support. Find out what’s happening in Syria and how you can help.

Since 2014, economic upheaval and political turmoil in Venezuela have caused 1.5 million people to flee the country, and this number is likely to rise as the crisis intensifies. Escaping devastating shortages, unemployment and soaring inflation, these refugees turn often to their country's closest neighbor, Colombia.

Fresh from filming the latest season of Showtime’s Homeland,actor and activist Mandy Patinkin traveled to Uganda this month with the International Rescue Committee to see what happens when refugees are given welcome. Along with his wife Kathryn and son Isaac he met resilient, resourceful people who are restarting their lives in a country that has made a choice to build bridges, not walls.

Learn how the IRC has been on the ground in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, supporting people whose lives have been disrupted by the conflict.

As violence intensifies across large areas of Afghanistan, civilians are at risk of being caught up in fighting between warring parties.