IRAP is proud to share this powerful op-ed in The Huffington Post, written by our Middle East Field Director, Kate Norland List. List works in IRAP's Beirut, Lebanon office, and her... read more →
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) condemns the horrific attacks on Paris and Beirut last week. We must not allow these attacks to prevent vulnerable Syrian refugees from reaching safety;... read more →
Today, BBC Magazine published an incredibly powerful narrative from a gay IRAP client who fled Iraq to escape persecution by the Islamic State (ISIS) and members of his own family.... read more →
Rolling Stone recently published an article highlighting the struggle against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Baghdad, offering readers a glimpse of what life is currently like on the ground there, as... read more →
This week, human rights activist Scott Long published a powerful essay on his blog, a paper bird, exploring the Islamic State's (ISIS) highly publicized use of violence, and focusing in particular on sexuality-based violence... read more →
IRAP is today featured in a France 24 article about the increasingly grave risks faced by LGBTI individuals living in Syria. France 24 reports that the Islamic State (ISIS) is currently... read more →
An article published today in The Wall Street Journal draws attention to the plight of thousands of Iraqis who are stranded in Iraq following the United States’ June suspension of... read more →
On Monday a bipartisan group of over 20 Representatives from across the United States sent a letter to President Obama advocating for the establishment of in-country refugee processing at the... read more →
A New York Times Report published earlier today confirmed that the United States has launched airstrikes on at least two cities in Kurdish territory, where ISIS has cornered tens of thousands of... read more →
Another article was published in the New Yorker earlier today by George Packer, who has written several other pieces on the visa crises in Iraq and Syria. This particular piece deals... read more →