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Summary of Humanitarian Needs and Key Findings • Humanitarian needs in Syria continue to rise inexorably. Escalating violence in 2023, violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and...

In 2024, 16.7 million people (8.4 million female, 8.3 million male) are assessed to need humanitarian assistance across Syria, up from 15.3 million in 2023. Of the 16.7 million people in need, 5.5...

Humanitarian Context and Impact of the Crisis Waking up in Syria today means looking at a bleak future ahead of you. Syria faces a multitude of challenges that make it one of the world’s most complex...

Humanitarian Context Syria remains a complex humanitarian and protection emergency characterized by over 10 years of ongoing hostilities and their long-term consequences including widespread...

Summary The humanitarian consequences for people suffering the crisis in Syria are wide-ranging and profound. Overall, 11.06 million people are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in...

Context and Humanitarian Impact Syria remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies characterized by ongoing hostilities which have killed hundreds of thousands of people,...

The 2019 HNO website includes updated and comprehensive information and people in need maps from 2016 to date. Severity scales are reflected at the community level, while sector PIN and severity maps...

HUMANITARIAN NEEDS The scale, severity and complexity of humanitarian needs of people in Syria remain extensive. This is the result of continued hostilities in localized areas, new and protracted...

Entering the seventh year of the crisis, the scale, severity, and complexity of needs across Syria remain overwhelming. Some 13.1 million people in Syria require humanitarian assistance. Of these,...

WHAT: Release of 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) WHEN: Tuesday, 21 November, 2017 WHERE: Amman, Jordan Close to seven years on, the scale, severity, and complexity of needs across Syria remain...

Entering the seventh year of the crisis, the scale, severity, and complexity of needs across Syria remain overwhelming. Some 13.1 million people in Syria require humanitarian assistance. Of these,...

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IMPACT OF THE CRISIS More than five years after the start of the conflict, intense hostilities persist across many parts of Syria. Parties to the conflict continue to commit violations of...

IMPACT OF THE CRISIS Maher Ghafari speaks of his city with tremendous pride and unbearable pain. “I don’t know how to describe my feelings,” said Ghafari, a Syrian humanitarian worker and water...

The humanitarian situation in Syria is catastrophic and continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace. Fierce fighting across large parts of the country has led to massive displacement and mounting...