Rapports

BACKGROUND In 2005, under the global leadership of the Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), the Inter-Agency Standing committee (IASC) adopted the ‘Cluster Approach’ to address the gaps and increase the effectiveness of humanitarian response in situations of internal…

UN Should Reauthorize Assistance from Iraq; Damascus Should Allow Passage (Beirut) – Restrictions on aid deliveries from Damascus and Iraq are preventing medical supplies and personnel needed to prevent, contain, and treat Covid-19 from reaching two million…

Sahar Atrache In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, the Syrian civil war entered its tenth year. Other humanitarian crises like the one gripping Idlib in northwest Syria moved swiftly off the front page.…

In 2020, UNHCR has sent across the border over 440,000 core relief items and shelter materials to assist 239,000 individuals. 61% of those items were sent in March alone and included 11,100 tents, 17,000 hygiene kits, 17,000…

I. Introduction The present report is the sixty-sixth 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),…

Background Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, ongoing fighting and widespread insecurity have continued to fuel large-scale displacements, increase vulnerabilities and constrain humanitarian access across the country. According to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO),…

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 1 May 2020. HIGHLIGHTS •…

Civilians Need to be Protected as Coronavirus Cases Spread in Syria Richard Weir Researcher, Crisis and Conflict Division After almost a decade of conflict, and with new cases of Covid-19 recorded across the country, at least four million people,…

HIGHLIGHTS • While violence has significantly reduced in northwest Syria following the announcement of a ceasefire on 6 March, the humanitarian situation remains alarming as short-term needs are increasingly compounded by longer-term issues, such as malnutrition and…

As the first death from COVID-19 is reported in northeast Syria, MSF is increasingly concerned the region is woefully ill-prepared to handle the pandemic. Amidst nine years of war, the healthcare system is broken, with limited supplies,…