Silva (55), Lena (54), and Ani (48) lived a happy life in the family of craftsmen in Nor-Gyugh district in Aleppo, Syria. Lena was a best dressmaker, Silva […]

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A UNHCR report, released today, shows that worldwide displacement from wars, conflict, and persecution is at the highest levels we have recorded, and accelerating fast. UNHCR’s new annual […]

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Global Peace Index shows wars wreaking havoc on economies as world spends more than 13% of GDP on costs related to violence The worlds steady shift away from […]

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The international community is experiencing a dramatic shift in the situation facing the world’s refugees as a global surge in war, conflict and persecution has caused a record […]

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The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh, the Special […]

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Angelina Jolie Pitt gave a powerful speech on June 11 at the biannual African Union Summit, using her star power to draw attention to women’s rights across the […]

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UNHCR launches its 2015 World Refugee Day Campaign Millions of families have fled their homes to escape war or human rights abuses. Millions of mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers […]

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Haygan Baharyan was under 18 when she came from Alleppo to Yerevan with her mother and brother. It was October of 2012 that her mother Ms. Lusin Baharyan […]

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  President of “Sukhumi” cultural and Humanitarian Foundation Alla Gamakharia came to such a conclusion. Alla, being Russian by nationality, became a refugee 20 years ago, she has […]

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Raffi Rshtuni met his future wife Yolanda in 1990 when he moved from his birthplace Al-Hasake to Aleppo. Newly established family lived in Sulemani neighborhood of Aleppo resided […]

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