WFP Syria Emergency Response - External Situation Report - 24 July 2025

In Numbers

• 3.5 million people reached on a monthly basis with WFP’s regular programmes, as well as through the subsidized bread project.
• 7.4 million people remain displaced within Syria, and more than 4.5 million are registered as refugees in neighbouring countries.
• Over 2 million people – 1.47 million IDPs and 600,000 refugees - returned to their areas of origin since 27 November 2024. Up to 3.5 million are anticipated to return to Syria by the end of 2025 (UNHCR).
• Over half of the population (23.7 million) is food insecure. Of these, nearly 3 million people are projected to be severely food insecure.
• USD 100 million required to implement all activities for the next six months. WFP needs USD 50 million by August to avoid a pipeline break in September.

Highlights

• As Syria advances its recovery, revived sectarian violence, coupled with the worst drought in decades and catastrophic wildfires, are causing large displacement, deteriorating Syria’s humanitarian situation and exacerbating food insecurity. Persistent insecurity and economic hardship continue to further hinder progress. Restoring food and nutrition security is key to lasting stability and recovery in Syria. Urgent humanitarian assistance and long-term resilience efforts are crucial to save lives, foster peace, and enable the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of refugees and displaced persons.
• WFP has the capacity, footprint, and access to help Syrian communities recover through highly prioritized emergency and resilience interventions, focused on the most severely food insecure. WFP reaches 1.5 million people with targeted emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition and livelihood interventions, and is currently responding to the recent emergencies in As-Sweida and Lattakia. In addition, WFP supports 2 million people to access daily, fortified bread sold at a subsidized price in hunger hotspots - a vital lifeline for many families, and a key measure for social cohesion.
• WFP needs USD 100 million over the next six months to sustain all its activities - including emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition programs, support to the bread value chain, and recovery efforts. However, should WFP be unable to secure USD 50 million by August 2025, it will be forced to suspend its daily subsidized bread assistance in September, putting more than 2 million people at immediate risk.

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