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In Syria, an estimated 15.3 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance across the country prior to the earthquakes. Over 1,400 deaths and 2,350 injuries were reported by the Syrian Ministry of Health. The UN estimates that at least 50,000 families (approximately 250,000 individuals) have been displaced in Aleppo, Homs,
Hama and Latakia. On 1 March, the Operations Room in Latakia reported that approximately 328,000 individuals in the governorate are in need of humanitarian assistance because of the earthquakes, with many of them being displaced outside their homes while those who stayed at their places are in need of shelter, relief items and psychosocial support.
The earthquake heavily impacted north-west Syria (NWS), a region where 4.1 million people depend on humanitarian assistance, the majority of whom are women and children. Over 4,500 deaths and 8,700 injuries have been reported according to the Health cluster, mainly in the districts of Harim, Afrin and Jebel Saman, with numbers expected to rise.
Following the earthquakes with epicenter in Türkiye on 20 February, almost 150 additional injuries have been reported in NWS. The earthquakes have affected at least 96 communities and 35 sub-districts in NWS; more than 10,000 buildings have been partially or completely destroyed,2 leaving and estimated 55,000 households as displaced, either within or between assessed communities.