On 11 November 2020, the International Conference on the Return of Syrian Refugees was launched in Damascus, with the participation of Russia and countries supporting the Syrian regime, while the United Nations attended as an observer. European Union countries boycotted the conference, considering that the cessation of conflict in a number of regions does not mean that Syria is now ready for the return of refugees, as it lacks proper infrastructure and services and in light of the flagrant human rights violations committed in the country. Many humanitarian and human rights organizations, along with a group of political organizations, also announced that they will boycott the conference. In the countrysides of Idlib and Aleppo, 41 civil and revolutionary groups released a boycott statement, in which they declared that Russia is still attempting to resurrect al-Assad's regime and give it false legitimacy. Activists outside of Syria launched a social media campaign under the hashtag #no_return_with_assad, stressing that the existence of al-Assad and his regime is the real obstacle to the return of displaced persons and refugees, according to Reuters, Middle East Monitor, DW Arabic, RT Arabic, al-Modon, the Syrian Press Center.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets as protests broke out in several cities in the United States, accompanied by violence and clashes between protesters and police officers. A wave of anger ignited the protests after a video shared on social media showed the death of an African-American man named George Floyd who was crying out "I can't breathe", as a police officer kneeled on his neck and back as he pinned him to the ground, ignoring the calls of people asking him to stop, according the BBC and Euronews.

Throughout the month of December 2019, nearly 300 thousand people fled their houses in Idlib's southern countryside towards the north, after renewed offensives on their regions. Reports showed that Ma'arat al-Nu'man and its countryside have become nearly deserted, while thousands fled from Saraqib and its eastern countryside in case clashes spread out to their areas. Most displaced people moved to camps in the north east of the governorate, according to a report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on 2 January 2020.
It is worth mentioning that the number of displaced people during the same period, had reached nearly 51,259 families, or 283,452 people from Idlib's southern countryside, according to a statement by Humanitarian Response Syria, issued on 31 December 2019.

On Friday 15 November 2019, Palestinian photographer Muath Amarneh was shot in the eye by Israeli soldiers while covering clashes in the town of Surif, north of Hebron. The Popular Resistance Committees in Surif had called for Friday prayers on confiscated lands west of the town, after the occupation authorities placed a fence around it to prevent citizens from entering or passing through.
It is worth mentioning that an escalation in the seizure of Palestinian lands had begun as Tel Aviv's government continues its policy of expanding the confiscation of lands owned by Palestinian citizens as well as public lands belonging to the treasury of the State of Palestine, and building more housing units in settlements in the West Bank, according to Jafra News and other news outlets.
Campaigns were launched online and on the ground by Palestinian and Arab activists and journalists campaign in solidarity with the Palestinian photographer Muath Amarneh after receiving confirmations of the complete loss of his left eye.