Syrian Arab Republic: Humanitarian Overview Issue No. 3 | December 2025 - A Year in Review

This Humanitarian Overview is produced by OCHA Syria in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 01 to 31 December 2025. The next report will be issued around mid-February.

IN THIS ISSUE

• Between January and November 2025, humanitarian partners reached an average of 3.46 million people per month, delivering multi-sectoral assistance despite operational constraints and an increasingly challenging environment.
  • Education: 2.17 million children supported with formal and non-formal education.
  • FSAL: 2.66 million people received food assistance in 2025, while 600,000 people benefited from emergency agriculture and livelihood support.
  • Health: 22 million outpatient consultations and 115,000 safe deliveries; services across 579 health facilities and 45 hospitals.
  • Nutrition: 2.3 million people reached with preventive and curative nutrition services.
  • Protection: 4.6 million people reached through protection, GBV, child protection, and mine action activities.
  • Shelter/NFI: 458,658 people reached with shelter support and 1.38 million people with winterization/NFIs.
  • WASH: 7.5M people reached across 3,700 locations via more than 11,500 interventions.
  • MPCA: 762,600 people received cash assistance valued at USD 66.2 million.
  • Cross-border Transshipment: 3,465 UN trucks transshipped from Türkiye, supporting approximately 399,000 people monthly.
• Nationwide winter storms, localized insecurity, EO contamination, and economic pressures intensified humanitarian needs in December, with flooding across Homs and Hama, a deadly IED attack in Homs City, and weather disruptions in northern Syria.
• Humanitarian financing remains critically insufficient, with the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan only 35 per cent funded, leaving major operational gaps and limiting aid delivery across critical sectors.