25 July 2025
Key Highlights
- As of 24 July, the IDP Taskforce, co-led by UNHCR and OCHA, reported 94,300 displaced within
As-Sweida Governorate, 52,500 displaced from As-Sweida to Dar’a Governorate, 28,300 displaced
to Rural Damascus Governorate, bringing the estimated total number of displaced people to 176,000.
In response, UNHCR distributed full CRI kits to 3,570 displaced individuals (604 households) and,
between 19 and 22 July, UNHCR dispatched 2,500 CRI kits to Dar’a and Rural Damascus and
2,000 to Sweida. - As of 24 July, UNHCR estimates that 719,801 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring
countries since 8 December 2024, bringing the total of 1,080,641 Syrian individuals who have
returned since the beginning of 2024. - As of 24 July, 1,542,418 IDPs have returned to their homes in Syria since early December 2024,
according to the latest data of the IDP Task Force. - Between 16 and 22 July, UNHCR provided transportation assistance to 275 families (815
individuals) returning to Syria through key border crossing points, including Bab Al-Hawa, Bab Al-
Salama and Joussieh. - In Türkiye, the temporary go-and-see visit mechanism implemented by the Government from 1
January to 1 July 2025, has seen the extension of the re-entry to Türkiye until 1 August. - In Lebanon, to date, over 17,000 Syrian individuals have expressed interest in returning to Syria.
- In Syria, UNHCR provided 19,222 individuals – 6,904 households – with full CRI kits this week, including newly arrived returnees and IDPs, as part of the assistance provided in the Coastal areas
and the As-Sweida Emergency Response. - Thanks to UNHCR’s Return and Reintegration Cash Assistance, 12,910 Syrian refugee
returnees, comprising 2,963 families, have been supported upon their return as of today. - In an effort to promote economic resilience and self-reliance for newly arrived returnees, the Cash
for Livelihoods programme has continued to expand in Syria, with 3,205 individuals, 589 families,
who have received support up to date.