When Israeli missiles destroyed entire homes in my neighborhood in southern Lebanon's city of Tyre, we decided it was time to save our lives again. More than 227,549 people had crossed the three official border points from Lebanon into Syria, according to the latest numbers from the United Nation's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The UNHCR's spokesperson, Babar Baloch, described the area as an unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees, noting that some 5,000 are thought to have drowned at sea over the last decade.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights are attempting to subpoena arms export documents to assess the legality of permits granted to Israel.
Tom Fletcher, the UN humanitarian chief, stated that hunger is tightening its grip in South Sudan, with emergency levels of food insecurity expected across all 10 states during the lean season.
