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By Shelly Kittleson BEIRUT, Jul 19 2014 (IPS) - Gaunt, haggard Syrian children begging and selling gum have become a fixture in streets of the Lebanese capital; having fled the ongoing conflict, they continue to be stalked…

Elizabeth Byrs of the World Food Programme said WFP welcomed the Security Council resolution to allow the delivery of aid to more people cut off from humanitarian assistance in Syria. WFP teams on the ground were…

HIGHLIGHTS The Syria conflict death toll exceeded 170,000 as of early July, and violence displaced an estimated 688,000 people from April to June. The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing U.N. cross-border and cross-line assistance without SARG…

SUMMARY There are over 6.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Syria,1 at least 793,000 of whom have been displaced since the beginning of 2014.2 The Syria Integrated Needs Assessment (SINA), conducted in November 2013 by the…

REGIONAL OVERVIEW According to UNHCR 2,893,177 have now fled Syria. More than 1.7 million of them fled in 2013 alone. In 2013, an average of more than 4,700 people fled every day. Children make up 51% of the refugee…

The UK will boost cross-border aid operations into Syria with more than £46 million of new help for civilians in hard to reach areas, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced following a visit to the…

In its fourth year of the conflict, the civilian population in Syria continues to bear the brunt in terms of humanitarian needs and protection. Estimates indicate that 10.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 6.5 million…

This document is the 3rd Governorate profile published by the Syria Needs Analysis Project (SNAP). The profile describes the current situation in Idleb, with regards to the conflict, the subsequent displacement situation and the humanitarian needs,…

Mr. President, This is the fourth briefing to the Council since the adoption of resolution 2139 on humanitarian access issues in Syria. The resolution demanded action by parties to the conflict in a number of areas…

HIGHLIGHTS  U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry announces more than $290 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Syria response.  Government of Lebanon requests that Syrian refugees refrain from returning to Syria at the…