SITUATION AT A GLANCE
23.5 MILLION Estimated Population of Syria
UN – February 2024
16.7 MILLION Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria
UN – February 2024
12.9 MILLION Estimated FoodInsecure Population in Syria
UN – February 2024
7.2 MILLION Estimated Number of IDPs in Syria
UN – July 2023
2.7 MILLION People Reached With Humanitarian Assistance in Syria January–March
UN – June 2024
• Approximately 4.2 million people in opposition-held NWS and 2.6 million people in DAANES-controlled areas of NES require multi-sector humanitarian assistance, according to new figures from the UN and NES NGO Forum.
• USAID/BHA partner WFP reached 815,000 people with emergency food assistance and continued to register recipients under a new, highly targeted monthly distribution program across Syria in May. The suspension of WFP’s monthly emergency food assistance since December 2023 has likely increased harmful coping mechanisms among food-insecure households, NGO REACH reports.