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Five members of Syria's police force were wounded when a car exploded at their station in the Barzah suburb of the capital Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported. The wounded, including one with the rank of officer, were taken to hospital with varying degrees of injuries, state news agency SANA said, quoting the interior ministry. It said investigations into the source of the blast were still ongoing, and did not say whether explosives had been placed in the car or were targeting anyon...

One person was killed and one wounded in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medical officials said. Earlier, the Israeli military said it had hit Islamic Jihad launch site in Gaza, a day after a series of strikes that targeted three leaders of the armed group. Witnesses reported explosions in the Khan Younis area in the southern part of the enclave. The incident came a day after Israeli jets hit Gaza in a series of strikes the military said were targeted against Isl...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that his country and Saudi Arabia were working to extend a ceasefire in Sudan and reach a deal on the provision of humanitarian assistance. “Together now, we are pressing the warring parties in Sudan to put down their guns and allow life-saving aid to reach the Sudanese people,” Blinken said on Tuesday, during a joint press conference with his British counterpart James Cleverly. He added that the US and Saudi diplomats were “deeply engag...

Situation Report in English on Ethiopia and 1 other country about Health, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 8 May 2023 by IFRC

Sudan Displacement Doubles in One Week, Says International Organization Migration (IOM)

Download logoThe number of internally displaced (IDPs) in Sudan has more than doubled in just the last week, since armed clashes erupted between rival

Situation Report in English on Sudan and 10 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 9 May 2023 by IOM

Read more about First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Sudan on Devdiscourse

With 860,000 people projected to flee the fighting in Sudan for neighbouring countries, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $445 million to assist the displaced through October.

Over 12,000 people have arrived in Metema, the border town between Sudan and Ethiopia, since fighting erupted on 15 April, many exhausted after the long and dangerous journey to safety. IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is currently recording over one thousand daily arrivals, among them Sudanese citizens, returning Ethiopians and…