Last year, families in a camp for the displaced in Idleb, north-west Syria, were moved into dignified shelters provided by Mercy-USA and funded by the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund. 16 April 2023. Credit: OCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Syria The ongoing heatwave, with temperatures between 30 °C and 46 °C is putting lives at risk, particularly in the north-west where millions of
Um Ahmad and her four children are among 120 households affected by the earthquake, who now live in a camp near the Turkish border. Photo: OCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Syria The UN and our partners continue to respond to the needs of people affected by earthquakes. At least 900,000 ready-to-eat rations of dry food and 1.7 million hot meals have been distributed. In the northwest,
Moscow appears to be recruiting Syrians with urban combat experience for $200 to $300 to help bolster their invasion of Ukraine amid reported troop losses in the thousands.