Over 13 years of conflict in Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has taken on the responsibility of addressing the growing crisis of missing persons. Working alongside the Red ...

In Iraq, care for landmine survivors is believed to be minimal. The ICRC initiated an orthopedic program in 1993 that includes prosthetic/orthotic centers in Baghdad, Basra, Mosul, and Najef in ...

We invite organizations, institutions and philanthropists to join us in our mission to alleviate the suffering of those ...

Sanna Ra is a journalist and a communications specialist who spent over a decade in the Middle East. She worked as an ICRC detention delegate in Iraq 2011-2012.

Most alarmingly, the ICRC isn’t the only humanitarian institution that is guilty of ignoring the Israel hostage crisis. So is ...

He elaborated on the missions and humanitarian goals of the ICRC in the world, as well as their activities in Syria, Lebanon, and Iran over the last few decades particularly during the war between ...

By Elizabeth Samson On February 18, 2025, former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan began a hunger strike to protest his ...

The ICRC is funded by voluntary contributions. We receive contributions from the states party to the Geneva Conventions (governments), National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, supranational ...

Families seeking information about their missing loved ones can contact the ICRC through various hotlines in Syria through 093 603 36 28, Lebanon: 727 727, Jordan: 659 019 99, Iraq: 800 222 22 ...