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

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As of the 14 of March 2023, this thread has been archived.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.

Access all the ongoing research and activities that IMPACT and REACH are launching in order to help the humanitarian community respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in crisis-affected countries. Regular updates, key findings and contact information.

Displacement associated with disasters and the effects of climate change is one of today’s most serious humanitarian and development issue. In the first half of 2020 alone, disasters triggered 9.8 million new displacements, and most were linked to weather-related hazards such as storms, floods and droughts. In northwest Syria, extreme flooding events are devastating families already reeling from ten years of violence conflict, displacement, economic ruin, and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data collected on 9 March shows that the displaced population is highly vulnerable, and many basic humanitarian needs are unmet. Living conditions of new arrivals remain dire too. REACH continues to inform the world, and humanitarian actors, on the evolution of the situation of displaced families in NW Syria.