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I. Introduction The present report is the forty-fifth 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 and Overview The Syrian conflict, now in its seventh year, has caused the continued and staggering suffering of civilians. In the context of armed conflict, besiegement, displacement, increasing poverty and a reliance on harmful coping mechanisms,…

Amman, 30 October 2017 As delivered Madame President, This is my second briefing to you on the humanitarian situation in Syria. In Amman today I have discussed the position with the Jordanian authorities and the UN humanitarian leadership team…

In response to a poliomyelitis (polio) outbreak in the eastern part of Syria in spring 2017, WHO/Europe procured vaccines from its field office in Gaziantep, Turkey, for a vaccination campaign that reached nearly 200 000 children…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH DURING September 2017 Several youth initiatives held in Syria. Jordan Cross-Border works to localize reproductive health services. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (FROM ALL CHANNELS) 401,562 reproductive health services delivered to Syrians 13,888 deliveries supported, including 5,993 C-section deliveries 92,380…

23 October 2017 -- “We call it ‘Aleppo boil,’” says Marouf Abiad, a medical worker living near northwest Syria, about the severe skin lesions caused by leishmaniasis. “In Iraq, it’s called ‘Baghdad boil.” Leishmaniasis is a little-known…

MSF supports more than 70 medical structures – from hospitals to small health posts – located across Syria, including in Aleppo, Idlib, Homs, and Dara’a governorates. Northern Syria Raqqa governorate Tabqa Tabqa, a city located near the dam on the…

Highlights WFP delivered food assistance for 3.3 million people in all 14 governorates in Syria. WFP took part in three inter-agency convoys delivering food assistance for 34,000 people in hard-to-reach locations. A fourth de-escalation zone was established in Idleb…

Syria After several months of decreased fighting in northwest Syria, on 19 September the Russian and Syrian governments intensified their airstrikes on opposition-held towns and villages in Idlib and Hama governorates, resulting in a drastic increase in…

Tens of thousands of Syrians are stuck in no man’s land in between Jordan and Syria and their situation is far beyond desperate. They live, or rather survive, in the berm, a strip of land between…