Syrian Arab Republic: United Nations Cross-Border Transshipments 2014 - 2025 Factsheet

Since the launch of UN cross-border operations in July 2014 through the end of 2025, 65,079 UN humanitarian aid trucks crossed into Syria, the majority via Türkiye, forming the longest-running and most complex humanitarian supply chains globally. Of these, 58,955 trucks crossed between August 2014 and July 2023 under the Security Council resolution S/RES/2165 (2014) and a further 6,124 trucks thereafter crossed under the consent-based agreements with the Syrian authorities.

UN humanitarian inspection teams provided independent inspection and verification services to ensure compliance, transparency, and accountability.

This oversight enabled the delivery of life-saving assistance to an average of 1.25 million people annually, strengthening confidence among UN agencies, NGO partners, donors, host and transit authorities, and affected communities in a highly dynamic and politically sensitive environment.

Aid deliveries were led by WFP (48,551 trucks), complemented by IOM (8,517), UNHCR (3,754), UNICEF (2,478), WHO (918), UNFPA (452), and FAO (409), supporting integrated responses across food security, health, nutrition, WASH, shelter, education, and protection sectors. These operations were implemented in close coordination with international and national NGOs, reflecting a strong partnership model that leveraged complementary capacities to ensure timely, accountable, and needs-based delivery of assistance.

In 2025, UN cross-border operations returned to scale with 3,465 aid trucks carrying over 79,309 metric tons of food, health, shelter, education, and WASH supplies which were successfully transshipped into Syria, enabling assistance to reach an average of approximately 399,000 people per month across Syria.

This represented a more than fourfold increase compared to 807 trucks in 2024, reflecting strengthened coordination and delivery capacity during the final year of operations.

On 31 December 2025, the United Nations concluded its cross-border humanitarian transshipment operations from Türkiye into Syria, marking the end of an operational framework established in July 2014. This move marked a deliberate transition in humanitarian delivery modalities, occurring alongside the gradual normalization of Syria’s trade links, which has expanded opportunities for the entry of humanitarian supplies through regular commercial channels.