UNICEF Syria Humanitarian Situation Report No. 11, 1 - 31 May 2025

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

7,400,000 Children in need of humanitarian assistance

16,700,000 People in need of humanitarian assistance

1,200,286 People have returned home since November 27, 2024

HIGHLIGHTS

• Since 8 December 2024, over 1,000 casualties from unexploded ordnance (UXO) have been reported, including hundreds of deaths and injuries, one-third of them children, highlighting the urgent need for protection and risk education.
• More than 1.1 million people have returned to their areas of origin across Syria since December 2024. Most returns have occurred in Aleppo and Idleb Governorates.
• Since January 2025, UNICEF and partners have reached over 4.2 million people with essential services (Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Child Protection, and Social Protection), 53 per cent of them children. Approximately 99 per cent of those reached are in areas classified as having extreme or high severity of humanitarian needs