SITUATION AT A GLANCE
24.3 MILLION
Estimated Population of Syria
UN – September 2024
16.7 MILLION
Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria
UN – February 2024
12.9 MILLION
Estimated Food- Insecure Population in Syria
UN – February 2024
7.2 MILLION
Estimated Number of IDPs in Syria
UN – July 2023
5 MILLION
Estimated Syrians Displaced to Neighboring Countries
UN – September 2024
- The USG announced an additional $535 million in humanitarian funding for Syria, bringing the total regional funding for the crisis to $1.2 billion in FY 2024.
- An estimated 128,000 displaced persons crossed from Lebanon into Syria between September 23 and 30. Relief actors provided emergency relief commodities, food, and safe drinking water.
- The UN’s 2024/2025 NWS Winterization Plan calls for nearly $112 million to reach 1.4 million vulnerable people with critical winter-related assistance.
- Children are increasingly leaving school to enter the labor market, according to a February assessment by World Vision. Nearly 90 percent of children in N WS are estimated to need critical protection assistance.