Cross-border aid mechanism to Northwest Syria in limbo, threatening to worsen already dire humanitarian conditions.

The July 2024 Humanitarian Situation Overview of Northeast Syria (NES) presents a detailed assessment of the pressing needs and conditions faced by communities across Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa, Al-Hasakeh, and Deir-ez-Zor. Conducted by REACH and IMPACT Initiatives, this assessment reveals significant gaps in basic services and infrastructure, particularly affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities.    […]

The latest Humanitarian Situation Overview in Idleb City, Syria, presents vital insights into the challenges faced by the urban households. This situation overview presents findings on the access to services, living conditions, economic conditions, and priority needs across accessible areas in the city. In particular, this urban households assessment highlights several key issues and needs […]

Northern Syria faces a severe humanitarian crisis due to conflict, economic decline, and infrastructure deterioration. Millions are in dire need, and last year’s violence and devastating earthquakes have worsened the situation. With humanitarian funding dwindling, aid organizations struggle to support displaced and vulnerable communities. The number of people needing aid has surged to 16.7 million, […]

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes that hit Southern Türkiye and Northern Syria on 6 February 2023, affected communities in Northwest Syria are still grappling with the profound challenges left in the aftermath of the disaster – deepening a thirteen-year long humanitarian crisis in the area.  The two earthquakes, which […]

Northern Syria has experienced a surge in violence in recent days, exacerbating an already severe humanitarian situation after twelve years of conflict and a devastating earthquake in February this year. Both the eastern and western parts of the region have been hit by airstrikes and shelling, resulting in deaths and injuries, damage to critical infrastructures […]

On February 6th, two major earthquakes hit southern Türkiye, close to the Syrian border. While these are not the first earthquakes in this area, both were stronger than any previously recorded in the region and over 50,000 people are estimated to have died. It has now been four months, but the effects are still being […]

As of the 14 of March 2023, this thread has been archived. To see future updates on Syria, see our latest news section and for more information products, check out our REACH Syria page   Two powerful earthquakes struck south-eastern Türkiye within a span of 12 hours on the 6th of February. The first, with a […]

Reduced water levels in the Euphrates River has wide-ranging humanitarian impacts for millions of people in Syria, including their access to water and electricity. IMPACT/REACH has produced a thorough Situation Overview on both the context and the impact of this looming disaster.