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SyriaSevere flooding along the Euphrates affected Deir ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqa and parts of Aleppo from mid-May 2026. OCHA's 27 August update recorded about 13,000 affected households across Ar-Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, 1,753 displaced households, 859 damaged houses and more than 30,000 dunums of damaged agricultural land. Earlier reporting also documented impacts in…
SyriaThe United Nations lists 11 current peacekeeping operations: MINURSO in Western Sahara; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UNDOF in the Golan; UNFICYP in Cyprus; UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNISFA in Abyei; UNMIK in Kosovo; UNMISS in South Sudan; UNMOGIP in India and Pakistan; and UNTSO across the Middle…
SyriaAs a second COVID wave hits northwest Syria, supplies of testing kits and oxygen are beginning to run low just as daily case numbers reach record highs - and airstrikes increase. The International Rescue Committee is making an urgent call for the ceasefire to be upheld, for civilians to be protected, and for the shorta
SyriaThe Syrian government must immediately lift a two-month siege of opposition stronghold Daraa al-Balad and allow unfettered humanitarian access to the area where around 20,000 people are living in dire conditions with scarce supplies of food and barely any medical care, Amnesty International said today. Thousands have f
SyriaDrought conditions, reduced water levels in the Euphrates River and disruptions to the Alouk water station are all impacting the availability of water, as well as electricity, for 5.5 million people in northeast Syria.
Syriaarmouk Camp ( Arabic : مُخَيَّم ٱلْيَرْمُوْك / ALA-LC : Muḵayyam al-Yarmūk , IPA: [mu.xaj.jam al.yær.mʊ:k] ) is a 2.11-square-kilometer (520-acre) district of the city of Damascus , populated by Palestinians , with hospitals and schools. It is located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) from the center of Damascus and within munici
SyriaThe figures spark concerns for a mental health crisis, Save the Children said Almost one in five of all recorded suicide attempts and deaths in North West Syria are children[i], with a total of 246 suicides and 1,748 attempts recorded in just the last three months of 2020, Save the Children has said.[ii] The number of
SyriaA girl and a boy stand next to their tent, with their feet submerged in water, after heavy rainfall over five days in Northwest Syria caused flooding in the camp. Nearly 600 families live in this camp in northern Idlib, only five kilometers from the Turkish border. ©IYD/CARE Gaziantep, 24 January, 2021 – More than 22,000 displaced people have lost their…
SyriaThe al-Hawl refugee camp (also al-Hol refugee camp [1] ) is a refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the town of al-Hawl in northern Syria , close to the Syria-Iraq border , which holds individuals displaced from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . [2] It is controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). As of April 2019, the…
SyriaAmman, 19 January, 2021 – A six-year-old boy has died and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said today. At least 41,200 people have been affected by a heavy storm which has caused extreme flooding on Monday in northern Idlib and western Aleppo. Most of the people affected have already…
SyriaThe COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital beds, testing, water and oxygen, Save the Children warned today. The North West is particularly hard hit, as the number of confirmed cases quadrupled in two months. As parents have fallen ill or lost livelihoods and children…
SyriaMore than two million displaced people living in northwestern Syria are bracing themselves for an impending winter that will make already harsh living conditions even more unbearable. For many families, this is not the first winter they have endured in leaking tents, mud-filled streets, and freezing temperatures. In recent years, the region has seen…
SyriaAtmeh hosts several clusters of tent cities near the Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey [Google Maps] It is the first day of Eid al-Fitr, an important feast for Muslims. But as we pass through Atmeh's giant tent city, there is no sign of Eid. Almost every boy has a toy gun or rifle in his hand, playing war games with the others. At an olive grove by the…
SyriaAt the time of writing, large scale fires across the coastal regions in Syria have caused at least three deaths and dozens of injuries, with areas in Al Fakhoura, Al Qirdaha, Jableh and Lattakia districts in Lattakia Governorate and Safita district in Tartous Governorate particularly affected. While assessments are ongoing, local authorities report that…