Damascus and Amman, 15 March 2024 Thirteen years of the crisis in Syria have taken an unimaginable toll on the people of the country. The crisis continues to wreak havoc on Syria, further...
Syrian Arab Republic
After 11 years of crisis, most Syrians continue to face a continued humanitarian decline. The country still has the world’s largest number of internally displaced people of 6.8 million people.
At the end of 2022, almost 7 out of 10 people in Syria needed assistance, the largest number of people in need since the crisis began. However, the devastating earthquakes of February 2023 affected nearly 9 million people. The damage is worst in the north-west, where more than 4.2 million people have been affected in Aleppo and 3 million people in Idleb.
Humanitarian indicators in Syria continue to deteriorate. Basic services are collapsing, there is an ongoing cholera outbreak, economic indicators are worsening, and climate and human-caused shocks are compounding an already dire situation, making people even more vulnerable.
The impact of the earthquakes, localized hostilities, the economic crisis, and the water crisis and public health emergencies, including cholera and extreme weather-related situations, are expected to be the main drivers of humanitarian need in 2023. In addition, international and regional geopolitical dynamics could have serious implications on needs across the country, especially in the case of a non-renewal of the UN Security Council resolution authorizing the delivery of UN humanitarian assistance to parts of Syria.
In 2023, the humanitarian community will continue to provide life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance to 13 million people – more than half of the country’s population. It is critical to address the drivers of needs, including protection threats, continued rights violations, accelerating economic deterioration, limited or unavailable basic services and environmental shocks.
Overview of the humanitarian response in the Syrian Arab Republic
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- Population
- 23.2M 2024
- People in Need
- 15.3M
- Registered Syrian Refugees in the Region
- 5.1M 2024
- People in Need
- 15.3M
- People Targeted for Assistance
- 14.2M
- Total requirements (USD)
- 4.4B 2024
- Total requirements (USD)
- 4.4B 2024
- Funding total (USD)
- 1.4M 2024
- Funding gap (USD)
- 4.4B 2024
- Funding coverage (%)
- 0.03 2024
The Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Fund
- Pledged amount (USD)
- 10.3M 2024
- Paid amount (USD)
- 7.9M 2024
Funding for OCHA Syrian Arab Republic
- Total requirements (USD)
- 6.1M 2024
- Opening balance (USD)
- 0 2024
- Earmarked funding (USD)
- 848.2K 2024
- Total (USD)
- 848.2K 2024