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…

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…

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…

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…

Launched by the State of Qatar in 2016, QUEST is an initiative that aims to provide multi-sectoral support to conflict affected Syrians inside and outside Syria. At its early stages, Quest sought to ensure that children and young people, who have suffe…

An airman has been arrested by military law enforcement in connection to an April attack at a US military base in northern Syria that injured four US service members. “As part of an ongoing investigation, on June 16, an Airman was taken into custody st…

The Syrian Ministry of transport announced that the international airport of Damascus will be put into service as of tomorrow, Thursday.Minister of Transport, Eng. Zuhair Khuzaym said that “all air carriers can schedule their incoming and outgoing flig…

A man born in 1995 from al Maghla village of Ma’dan city southeast of Raqqa governorate, Abdul Jalil al Hasan, was arrested by Syrian regime forces personnel in a raid on his home in the village on June 21, 2022, and taken him to an unknown destination…

Four-year-old Ayed Ahmad al Matar, who was displaced along with his family from Ma’dan city in eastern Raqqa governorate, suffered meningitis while living with his family in the Tal al Bay’a Camp in eastern Raqqa city, where he died of the disease on …

The Economic and Social Council continued its humanitarian affairs segment today with a high-level panel titled “Reaching people in need, supporting humanitarian assistance for all in times of conflict and promoting good practices in the application of…

Twenty-five years ago, the international community issued an urgent call to protect children affected by armed conflict. Horrified by the findings of Graça Machel’s historic study on the impacts of war on children, the United Nations General Assembly e…

HSOS is a monthly assessment that provides comprehensive, multi-sectoral information about the humanitarian needs and conditions inside Syria. This factsheet presents a thematic review based on the HSOS assessment of the priority needs and humanitarian…