Informes

CONTEXT In December 2019, Idleb and western Aleppo governorates saw a sharp escalation in hostilities, shelling, and airstrikes, preventing access to essential services and endangering the safety of those living in areas close to conflict lines, particularly…

HIGHLIGHTS • SARG confirms 19 COVID-19 cases, including two deaths, in Syria • Nearly 70 percent of people in northwest Syria are displaced; some IDPs return to areas of origin since March 6 ceasefire • Relief actors continue to…

A suspected case of COVID-19 highlights how the region will struggle to cope with the pandemic On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, a hospital co-managed by Doctors Without Borderes/Médecin Sans Frontières (MSF) in Idlib, northwestern Syria, received a…

Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. UN BOARD OF INQUIRY REPORTS ON BOMBING OF…

Limited “Board of Inquiry” Proves Grossly Inadequate; PHR Reiterates Call for Criminal Accountability The United Nations Secretary-General’s summary of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) report published today into attacks on UN-supported or deconflicted facilities in northwest Syria…

HIGHLIGHTS • Testing for COVID-19 started on March 24. As of March 31, a total of 20 samples have been tested in Syria’s NW; 18 are negative and 2 are pending. To increase testing capacity, WHO is looking…

Summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry into certain incidents in northwest Syria since 17 September 2018 involving facilities on the United Nations deconfliction list and United Nations…

HIGHLIGHTS • Despite the decrease in hostilities in northwest Syria due to the 6 March ceasefire, humanitarian needs for nearly 4 million people remain severe. Humanitarian assistance is at its highest levels since the establishment of the…

The HeRAMS in Q1 2020 consist of 568 Health facilities of which 306 are reported to be functioning. 57 health partners managing and supporting these facilities. The breakdown of the functioning health facilities is as follows: 56 (18%)…

Rationale Despite the implementation of numerous ceasefires, aerial bombardments and ground-based conflict precipitated mass displacement in northwest Syria throughout 2019 and in the beginning of 2020.1 The sheer number of IDP arrivals and unpredictability of displacement trends…