At this historic moment of opportunity for Syria, many refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) are considering returning home, and thousands of people are now arriving from neighbouring countries every day – but after almost 14 years of violent crisis many have little or nothing to return to.
UNHCR is engaging with thousands of refugees in neighboring countries, often with daily contact through helplines, surveys, focus group discussions, and other communications channels, listening to their concerns, providing up-to-date information, and understanding their perceptions and intentions around return.
Between January and November 2024, we have reached 1.6 million people with 3,022,189 health consultations, and provided 115,965 nutrition services, 110,000 WASH services, 64,366 protection services and 60,228 MHPSS services.
The situation remains dire for the 44,000 displaced people staying in 263 emergency collective centers in north-east Syria. The majority of them lack adequate water and sanitation support.
Over the past 14 years, more than 13 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes, and 90% of people inside Syria require some form of humanitarian assistance. The recent developments across Syria will impact millions of people’s lives both inside the country and within the region.
The situation in the Gaza Strip continues to be dire, with the northern governorate in critical need of essentials like food, water, and medical supplies.
On average, 250 people have been killed every week in November, bringing the death toll to a total of 4047 deaths and 16 638 injuries as of 4 December 2024.
Although a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel was announced on 26 November 2024, the situation remains fragile. The conflict has been the deadliest period Lebanon has experienced since 2006, with 3,961 persons reported killed, including 248 children and 736 women, as well as 16,520 injured, including 1,436 children and 2,827 women.
In support of the Government led emergency response, the humanitarian community launched a Flash Appeal to enable partners to rapidly deliver humanitarian assistance. The appeal seeks $425.7 million to assist 1 million people affected by the crisis until the end of the year.
On 18 October 2023, IFRC launched the Middle East Crisis Emergency Appeal to support the coordination and scale-up of response to the crisis, in addition to the readiness activities in neighbouring countries.
More than 11,000 pregnant women have been impacted by the escalated bombardment of Lebanon. Some 1,300 of them are expected to give birth in the next month, even as an estimated one quarter of the country’s infrastructure has been destroyed.
A year of war in Gaza has destroyed the lives of Palestinians in the Strip, who have faced not only direct violence but constant displacement and dire medical and humanitarian needs.
In this report, Doctors of the World presents a detailed account of events and data covering the period from October 2023 to September 2024, demonstrating how Doctors of the World’s medical response is being impeded in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
عمّان – 5 حزيران/يونيو 2020، وجهت الشبكة الدولية لخبراء القضية الفلسطينية في منظمة النهضة العربية للديمقراطية والتنمية (أرض)، رسالة تضامن في ذكرى النكسة من خلال ورقة موقف حول تأثير أزمة كوفيد-19 على أوضاع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في الأردن، ولبنان، وفلسطين المحتلة، وسوريا.
Amman, 5th of June 2020 - The Global Network of Experts on the Question of Palestine and the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) sent a message of solidarity on the 53rd anniversary of Al Naksa Day in the form of a position paper on the impact of COVID-19 on the conditions of Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestine and Syria.
