Syria: risk analysis - escalating sectarian tensions and humanitarian implications (July–December 2025)

This report explores the dynamics of internal displacement linked to climate and environmental hazards, such as drought, flooding, and desertification, from a granular and intersectional perspective that considers gender, age, and disability.

This report aims to analyse the humanitarian effects triggered by violence-induced livelihood deterioration in El Oro, Ecuador, from May 2024 to May 2025.

This report highlights eight key protection risks identified as the most severe in 2025 by responders, with special focus on at-risk population groups, high-risk areas, and information gaps. It also aims to delve into the dynamics of each protection risk in 2025.

This report presents a forward-looking analysis of the potential rise in sectarian and social tensions in Syria throughout 2025, along with related conflict dynamics.

This report gives an overview of the humanitarian needs of IDP returnees in Aj Jazirah state and the factors driving and compounding continuing IDP returns.

This report analyses the humanitarian impact of confinement and mobility restrictions through an intersectional and multicausal lens, with a particular focus on ethnicity, gender, and age among affected communities.

This report updates ACAPS’ previous analysis on Donetska oblast, reflecting recent developments, including the shift in Russian military operations toward Kostiantynivka.

This report outlines the key humanitarian crises expected to affect Pakistan in the next six months of 2025. It is intended to support humanitarian planning and anticipatory action by providing an analytical overview of the the current situation, as well as potential risks having a humanitarian impact.

Over six million people in Ukraine are estimated to have a disability, with three million formally recognised, half of whom are older people. The war has caused new disabilities across all ages, with men making up 60% of those newly recognised. People with disabilities are facing increased hardships, safety risks, and humanitarian access constraints during the war, compounded by preexisting support gaps.

This report builds on ACAPS’ briefing note on what the US aid freeze means to Afghanistan, published on 7 February 2025. It aims to provide a more comprehensive overview of the implications of the US aid freeze and subsequent cuts on humanitarian programming in the country, with a focus on how this affects humanitarian response capacity and Afghans.