Rapports

23 March 2018, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed mobile medical clinics and critical health supplies to areas hosting newly displaced people from the northern Syrian district of Afrin, while supporting partners…

Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN, 23 March 2018 - “The war on children in Syria continues relentlessly and with no mercy. “Across Idlib, 1 million children live amid…

This update provides a summary of recent displacement, along with developments from the UNHCR co-led Sector/Clusters of Protection, Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) and Shelter/Non Food Items (SNFI). KEY DISPLACEMENT STATISTICS (AS OF 13 MARCH 2018) 1,586,550…

EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference (Brussels) – Turkish security forces have routinely intercepted hundreds, and at times thousands, of asylum seekers at the Turkey-Syria border since at least December 2017 and summarily deported them…

AT A GLANCE 150,000+ Estimated population remaining in Afrin 98,000 People registered as displaced from Afrin since 20 January 2018 0 Public health facilities in service in Afrin district 5 Mobile clinics and 2 ambulances donated by WHO to Aleppo…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN refugee…

Highlights • An estimated 98,000 people were displaced from Afrin district: 75,000 people were displaced to Tall Refaat sub-district, 15,500 to Nabul town and 8,500 to Zahraa town. • The massive influx of IDPs is putting a strain…

Last week, the war in Syria entered its eighth year. On this gruesome anniversary, the nature and scope of the humanitarian tragedy continue to defy description. The past year witnessed the deaths of tens of thousands…

More than 11.3 million Syrians are in need of health assistance, including almost 3 million people living in besieged or hard-to-reach areas. WHO delivered 14 million medical treatments to people in need in 2017, including 3 million…

Highlights Close to 400 000 men, women and children remain besieged in eastern Ghouta, where intense hostilities continue to exact a heavy toll on the civilian population. The besieged enclave has seen a dramatic upsurge in civilian…