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Highlights
• A year into its historic transition, Syria’s is presented with significant opportunities to rebuild communities and secure an equal, dignified, and prosperous future for its population. Achieving lasting success, however, hinges on sustained international commitment to humanitarian assistance funding, the removal of barriers to reconstruction, and the promotion of inclusive economic development.
• Through its dual-track approach – combining emergency food assistance with early recovery initiatives – WFP helps create the conditions for growth and resilience. In 2025, WFP reached 6.8 million of the most severely food-insecure people across Syria and remains ready to scale up operations as funding permits.
• Over the next six month, WFP requires USD 205 million to sustain operations and prevent large-scale suspensions
WFP RESPONSE
• So far in 2025, WFP reached 6.8 million people1 across the country, with a peak monthly reach of 3.5 million people through a highly prioritized plan focused on the most severely food insecure. This includes 1.2 million people receiving targeted emergency food and cash assistance, 2 million people benefiting from daily fortified bread sold at subsidized price at hunger hotspots, and the remainder supported through livelihoods, school meals and nutrition programmes.
• WFP is preparing to launch its second phase of the subsidized bread project, scheduled for January through February 2026, providing wheat flour to around 340 bakeries across multiple governorates.
• WFP remains ready to respond to emergencies when they arise. In As-Sweida, WFP is completing the second round of blanket assistance for 525,000 people, reaching 80 percent of the target so far. WFP also supplies six public bakeries with 400 mt of wheat flour weekly to ensure daily bread production. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, WFP plans to support 15,000 farmers with seeds and fertilizers to boost productivity, strengthen food security, and enable recovery.
Simultaneously, WFP continues to assist 77,500 people displaced from As-Sweida, residing in Dar’a, Quneitra, Rural Damascus and western rural As-Sweida, with food assistance and wheat flour for bread production; distributions under the second round have reached 50 percent of the target.
• Alongside maintaining critical relief efforts, WFP works closely with the government to support families to recover and rebuild their communities. Building on its achievements since 2020 – including restoring water access to 50,000 hectares and rehabilitating 25 bakeries – WFP will continue its work to restore 29 additional bakeries and four silos by the end of 2026, while also leading collaborative efforts with Syrian authorities to rebuild the country’s wheat flour fortification and salt iodization systems.
• Following the Julywildfires that devastated Lattakia governorate, WFP is in the final preparation phase to roll out resilience-building initiatives to support recovery and strengthen resilience across affected communities. Planned interventions include assistance to farmers and the rehabilitation of water infrastructure. Earlier during the emergency phase, WFP provided immediate food assistance to affected communities.