Two powerful earthquakes struck south-eastern Türkiye within a span of 12 hours on the 6th of February. The first, with a magnitude of 7.7 and epicentre near the provincial capital of Gaziantep, occurred in the early morning as most people still slept; the second earthquake (7.6 magnitude) followed whilst search and rescue operations were already […]
REACH closely monitored and triangulated key findings from various assessments conducted in the Idleb and Aleppo governorates to provide comprehensive, timely and reliable evidence on the humanitarian situation of the 950,000 displaced persons on the ground. The overview highlights a clear and urgent need to scale-up operations in the region.
Southern Idleb and northern Hama, part of the last opposition-held territory in Syria, have seen renewed intensification of conflict. Due to the intensity of escalation and the seizing of key opposition-held areas, the ongoing clashes could develop into a final offensive which is feared to spiral into one of the worst humanitarian tragedies of the 21st century.
