In Numbers5.4 m people assistedin May 2022 (based on dispatches as of 9 June*)33,296 mt of food assistance distributedUS$ 4 m cash-based transfers madeUS$ 698.4 m six months (June – November 2022) net funding requirementsOperational Updates• In May, WF…

Al-Hol camp in north-east Syria (NES) was established in the early 1990s under emergency conditions to receive Iraqis seeking safety from conflict. The camp was closed in 2013 when Iraqis either returned or found other durable solutions. In May 2016, t…

As of mid-June 2022, the Global Humanitarian Overview requires $46.3 billion to assist 204 million of the 306 million people in need.1 The GHO is made up of 28 Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP), seven regional plans, five Flash Appeals, and one joint r…

Ongoing hostilities, severe economic downturn, harsh weather conditions and the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the humanitarian situation in 2021.According to the 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), 13.4 million people needed h…

A fire, due to the misuse of cooking equipment, broke out in an IDPs camp near Adwan village in Sahl al Rouj area in the western suburbs of Idlib governorate, on June 21, 2022. A tent was burnt completely.SNHR calls on international relief organization…

A boy born in 2008, Ahmad Haitham Jafo, from Korzila village of Afrin city in the northern suburbs of Hasaka governorate, a resident of al Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood in Aleppo city, was abducted by Syrian Democratic Forces personnel on June 22, 2022, …

The Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic, Hussein Arnous, received today the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Damascus, Waheed Mubarak Sayyar. During the meeting, the Syrian Prime Minister congratulated Waheed Sayyar on his appointment as …

Fifty-five-year-old civilian, Rebal Fadlallah al Meqdad, and instructor at the Educational Complex in Busra al Sham east of Daraa governorate. Unidentified gunmen stopped the bus he was riding on the road between al Sahwa village and Busra al Sham city…

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group has killed nine pro-regime fighters in one day in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Thursday, the latest in a spate of attacks in the area.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring or…

AMMAN, JORDAN — Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, met officially with leaders in Egypt, Jordan and Turkey this week. His goal, say analysts, is to unify their positions on security issues, such as mounting concerns over I…

Investigators and researchers of war crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war say their experience holds valuable lessons for those seeking justice for atrocities committed by Russian forces during the invasion of Ukraine.And while the first Ukr…