Informes

HIGHLIGHTS • The UN Security Council Resolution enabling cross-border UN assistance from Turkey into Syria was renewed on 11 July, keeping the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing open for another 12 months. The Bab Al-Salam crossing was removed. •…

Situation Overview As of July 7, 2020, the Syrian Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 372 COVID-19 cases across Syria: 232 active, 126 recoveries and 14 registered deaths. The first positive case was announced on 22 March 2020, with…

Media Contact: Erin Taylor 267.250.8829 (M) Fairfield, Conn. (July 10, 2020) – Despite a sharp increase in humanitarian needs across Syria, the United Nations Security Council today failed to renew Resolution 2504 (2020), which would have ensured…

New York, NY, July 10, 2020 — The Russian and Chinese veto of the life-saving cross-border aid provision into Syria is a dark day for Syrian civilians, a dark day for the UN, and a mark…

The first case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Idlib province, according to local health authorities. Kieren Barnes, Mercy Corps Country Director for Syria, says: “Up until now, Idlib and Aleppo governorates in Syria have been spared the…

This report is produced by OCHA Syria in Damascus in collaboration with WHO Syria and Damascus-based humanitarian partners, and does not reflect cross-border operations. The next report will be issued on or around 25 July 2020. HIGHLIGHTS •…

I. Introduction The present report is the sixty-seventh submitted pursuant to paragraph 17 of Security Council resolution 2139 (2014), paragraph 10 of resolution 2165 (2014), paragraph 5 of resolution 2191 (2014), paragraph 5 of resolution 2258 (2015),…

In light of the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in war-torn Idlib, we plead with you, please do not veto humanitarian aid entering North West Syria. On Thursday, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in war-torn…

Dublin, Ireland: Irish humanitarian aid agency, GOAL, has expressed concern for the war-torn population in Idlib in Northwestern Syria following confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in the region. GOAL said news of a COVID-19 case…

Please see below statement from Refugees International’s Vice President for Programs and Policy Hardin Lang: “Refugees and International is alarmed that the first official case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Idlib province in Syria. The spread…