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Humanitarians working ‘round the clock’ to provide urgent relief in Syria January 30, 2021 Floods inundated IDP camps in north-west Syria in January 2021. — courtesy UNOCHA GENEVA — Humanitarian staff have been working “round the clock” to reopen access roads and provide emergency relief from the disastrous impact that recent floods have unleashed on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria, the UN’s deputy humanitarian co...

The SRTF Announces the Completion of One of its Largest Food Security Projects Benefitting Over 400,000 Beneficiaries Every Month Format Turkey – Thursday, January 28, 2021 – Today, the SRTF is extremely proud to announce that its nearly four-year food security project, “ Enhancing Food Security of Aleppo and Idleb Governorates”, has successfully completed and closed. This is the largest project that the SRTF completed with a total budget of over EUR 13.7 million, and one of its most im...

The United Nations Humanitarian staff have been working “round the clock” to reopen access roads and provide emergency relief from the disastrous impact that recent floods have unleased on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria, the UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator there said on Friday. Providing shelter, food, clean water and other relief supplies is “a massive undertaking…[that] will continue for months”, Mark Cutts told a press briefing in Geneva. “The reality ...

Turkey Hub Health Cluster Bulletin - December 2020 Format HIGHLIGHTS ▪ The first NGO-run quarantine center opened in Sheikh Bahr in the Maaret-Tamsrin sub-district of Idleb governorate on 1st December. This quarantine center aims to isolate those who have been exposed to confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, contrasting with CCTCs where treatment of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms occur. The quarantine center will enable physical isolation for people who otherwise live in...

Office of the Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the syria crisis Statement by Mark Cutts, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis on the recent floods in northwest Syria   Gaziantep, 28 January 2021   I am deeply concerned about the devastating impact that the recent floods have had on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria. Following extensive efforts by humanitarian workers to reach affected communities, latest reports indicate that at least 12...

Statement by Mark Cutts, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis on the recent floods in northwest Syria, 28 January 2021 [EN/AR] Format I am deeply concerned about the devastating impact that the recent floods have had on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria. Following extensive efforts by humanitarian workers to reach affected communities, latest reports indicate that at least 121,000 people in 304 sites in northwest Syria were badly affected when torrenti...

CONTEXT Daily shelling continued in frontline areas, with sporadic airstrikes. Two humanitarian workers were reportedly killed alongside numerous civilian casualties as a result of these hostilities. Explosive hazards persisted, with areas in northern Aleppo governorate including Al Bab and Afrin particularly affected this month. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were commonly detonated in populated areas, resulting in high civilian casualties in several incidents. COVID-19 cases confirmed i...

Syrian Arab Republic: Cross Border Humanitarian Reach and Activities from Turkey - Oct 2020 Format CONTEXT Daily shelling continued in frontline areas, with sporadic airstrikes. Two humanitarian workers were reportedly killed alongside numerous civilian casualties as a result of these hostilities. Explosive hazards persisted, with areas in northern Aleppo governorate including Al Bab and Afrin particularly affected this month. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were commonly detonated in popul...

Syrian Arab Republic: Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria Situation Report No. 24 - As of 26 January 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS • Heavy rainfall across the Idleb area and northern Aleppo governorate has reportedly caused damage to at least 196 IDP sites, with at least 67,647 people affected by the floods. • 20,939 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in northwest Syria. Despite a reduction in new cases, the number of deaths associated with COVID-19 increased by some 46 percent to 380. Fu...

Title UN humanitarian chief briefs Security Council on COVID-19 25 Jan 2021 Body A group of women helps to raise community awareness about COVID-19 at the Abnaa Mhin camp for internally displaced people in northern Idleb Governorate, Syria, April 2020. © OCHA In a briefing to the Security Council earlier today on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2532, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said that this year,...