Rapports

Excerpts Humanitarian situation in Syria Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General had the previous day expressed his deep concern about the escalation of conflict in northern Syria. He had said…

At Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi emphasized the need for protection of civilians in Syria’s northeast and for Member States to ensure that humanitarian needs across Syria are met. Humanitarian…

Highlights In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations in northern Syria from Turkey under the Whole of Syria approach. Refugee Health Programme The…

I am just completing a long-planned visit to the border region between Turkey and Syria. My original goal was to understand and assess the issues around the UN's cross border relief operation from Turkey into Idleb,…

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests (Beirut) – The Turkish offensive in Northeast Syria points up to urgent need for the Turkish Armed Forces, Kurdish-led forces, and all other local armed groups…

Situation overview: On 9 October, Turkey announced the start of military operations in north-eastern Syria home to an estimated 3 million people. The potential affected area includes SDF-controlled areas, where an estimated 2.2 million people live, including…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian Needs The impact of almost nine years of crisis continues to negatively affect people in Syria. There are an estimated 11.1 million people in need across the country, of whom 4.7 million are in areas…

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 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO),…

WHO: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock WHAT: Mission to Turkey WHEN: 10-11 October 2019 WHERE: Ankara/Gaziantep/Kilis UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock is scheduled to visit Turkey from 10 to 11 October 2019. The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian…

HIGHLIGHTS 2 million Internally displaced people in northwest Syria 400,000 People displaced since 1 May 4 million people in northwest Syria 51% children and 25% women 2.7 million People in need of humanitarian assistance in northwest Syria SITUATION OVERVIEW As the Syria crisis enters…