SITUATION AT A GLANCE
16.7 MILLION: Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria UN – December 2023
12.9 MILLION: Estimated Food-Insecure Population in Syria UN – December 2023
7.2 MILLION: Estimated Number of IDPs in Syria UN – July 2023
2.4 MILLION: Estimated People USAID/BHA Reaches per Month in Syria USAID/BHA – January 2024
2 MILLION: Estimated People State/PRM Reaches per Month in Syria State/PRM – September 2023
- In 2024, the newly released 3RP aims to reach approximately 12.9 million refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons, and host community members with humanitarian assistance in Syria’s neighboring countries.
- TAF airstrikes and artillery offensives in NES between January 11 and 17 caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure, resulting in critical shortages of electricity, fuel, and safe drinking water, according to international media and relief actors.
- Approximately 37,500 Syrian refugees returned from countries in the region to localities of origin in 2023, UNHCR reports.
- A recent surge in acute respiratory infections in NWS continues to strain health facilities.