The ICRC in Syria

In response to the violence affecting Syria since March 2011, the ICRC works with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to meet basic needs, especially first aid. Present in Syria since 1967, the ICRC also works in the occupied Golan. Other activities include restoring family links between Syrians and relatives detained abroad and providing drinking water to drought-stricken villages in the north-east.

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Since the onset of the violence, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers have been providing emergency health-care and first-aid services to the wounded and sick. Their efforts have saved many lives, but two volunteers and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent's Secretary General lost their lives in the line of duty.
Since July 2011, the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have distributed food and other essential items to cover the needs of about 400,000 people.
See also latest update on assistance for Syrian refugees in Lebanon