Reports

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee defines Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) as a commitment by humanitarian organizations to take account of, give account to, and be held to account by the populations they seek to assist. As…

Highlights • The humanitarian crisis for people in northwest Syria reached new and dire levels during the reporting period, characterized by continued population movement due to the escalation of hostilities. • More than 961,000 people have been displaced…

New York, 6 March 2020: As the Syria conflict enters its tenth year, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, has issued a call for additional funding to get lifesaving help to as many people…

International Development Secretary condemns bombing by Russia and the Assad regime. A new package of UK aid support will help protect people at increasing risk of violence as the conflict in Syria escalates and pushes them to…

Situation in Numbers 5,000,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance 11,700,000 people in need 6,183,919 Internally displaced people 490,000 Children in need in hard-to-reach areas (source: OCHA, HNO, March 2019) Highlights As of January, over 2.7 million people in northwest Syria (NWS)—including over…

As of end of December 2019, UNHCR Syria provided community-based protection to 1,735,016 displaced persons, returnees and host community members, including 311,694 individuals provided with legal assistance, 269,533 children with social and recreational activities in community…

Highlights • The humanitarian crisis for people in northwest Syria continues to reach new and dire levels. 948,000 people have been displaced since 1st December 2019, exceeding previous worst case planning figures by the humanitarian community. Of…

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), around…

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs Armed conflict in northwest Syria continues to impact heavily on civilians who have already endured nine years of crisis, violence, multiple displacements and economic downturn. According to OCHA, four million people live…

As of end of November 2019, UNHCR Syria provided community-based protection to 1,549,861 displaced persons, returnees and host community members, including 281,653 individuals provided with legal assistance, 249,954 children with social and recreational activities in community…