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INTRODUCTION
HSOS is a monitoring key informant (KI) assessment that provides comprehensive, multi-sectoral information about the humanitarian conditions and priority needs inside Syria. This Situation Overview presents a thematic review based on the HSOS assessment of the priority needs and humanitarian assistance, access to basic services and infrastructure, economic conditions, public health, as well as the security and protection situation in Northeast Syria (NES). HSOS focuses on host community and internally displaced persons (IDP) households residing in communities. This assessment does not provide information on camps and informal settlements. This Situation Overview presents information gathered in 1037 communities across Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa, Al-Hasakeh, and Deir-ez-Zor. Data was collected between 16-25 July 2024 from 3302 KIs (14% female).
The complete HSOS dataset and analysis can be downloaded as an excel file.
KEY MESSAGES
- The shelter conditions for IDP households in Deir ez-Zor governorate continued to be challenging, with KIs in 71% of assessed communities reporting that IDP households are living in unfinished or abandoned shelters. Among these communities, KIs indicated a lack of privacy (79%) and insufficient insulation against heat or cold (72%) as shelter inadequacies.
- Electricity and infrastructure were reported as one of the top three priority needs in 52% of assessed communities across NES. Among the 25% of communities where KIs reported receiving humanitarian assistance, only for 2% of communities KIs reported receiving aid related to electricity. It is worth noting that KIs in 41% of assessed communities reported that households receive less than 6 hours of electricity per day on average.
- Compared to other assessed governorates, KIs in Raqqa governorate reported the highest percentage of assessed communities (76%) where drinking water was neither treated before delivery nor before consumption. Among the drinking water issues reported in Raqqa governorate, KIs indicated that the water tasted or smelled bad (in 45% of assessed communities), and the water was perceived to make people sick (25%) as the main problems.