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Syria - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #6, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024

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SITUATION AT A GLANCE

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

2.4 MILLION Estimated People USAID/BHA Reached in January in Syria USAID/BHA – January 2024

2 MILLION Estimated People State/PRM Reaches per Month in Syria
PRM – July 2023

• Approximately 16.7 million people need assistance across Syria, representing the highest figure since the conflict began 13 years ago, according to the 2024 HNO.
Mental health needs have sharply risen countrywide amid deteriorating health infrastructure. In response, USAID/BHA partners continue to provide MHPSS services through mobile medical units.

• Reported airstrikes in Aleppo, Damascus, and Deir Ezzor governorates between March 26 and April 1 killed an estimated 80 people, including one UN employee.

• Oil contamination in NES threatens access to safe drinking water and pollution of up to 59,000 acres of cropland.