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Syria crisis: The ICRC is helping both people inside Syria, who are facing extremely difficult conditions because of the conflict, and the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
In cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, we are distributing food and other essentials, restoring water supplies and supporting medical services.
In numbers
In 2020
- 600,000 peoplebenefited from food and assistance programmes since the start of 2020.
- 260,000+ vulnerable peopleincluding the elderly and people with disabilities, benefitted from the ICRC’s emergency food assistance.
- 650,000 Syriansbenefited from the support ICRC provided to public hospitals.
- 10 million Syriansreceived access to clean water on a daily basis.
- 250,000+ peoplecontinue to be supported with food on a monthly basis.
- 750,000 peoplebenefited from hygiene kit distribution.
Latest Tweets
- Clean water is key to stopping #COVID19. 40% of people around the world don't have facilities to wash their hands.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- This is the first picture ever of these children! ️ They were born during the conflict in rural Aleppo where th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- This is Amna's beauty shop Amna opened her own shop where she's working as a hairdresser and rents out dresses.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Waiting for answers... Waiting to know their loved ones' fate... In #Syria, tens of thousands of families are mis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- When we asked the community about their needs and how to assist them, one of the main basic requests was access… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- families belong together. In the first half of 2020 in #Syria: pic.twitter.com/g0fmpqPwoS
- 200 families in Tartus, #Syria will have continuous water supply to water their plants. ICRC and @SYRedCrescent in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- “During an evacuation operation, a woman was going into labor. She was panicking and worried about the baby more th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Our teams with @SYRedCrescent are continuing activities to improve the living conditions of around 65,000 people in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Um Akram is smiling from her own grocery shop window She can now support her 4 disabled children after she benef… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- "This project paid for my medicine and my children’s bread." Lubna is a cancer patient and three out of her nine… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Kfarieh polyclinic, northern Latakia was directly affected by the conflict and is considered as a referral health c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- The risk of weapon contamination should not be forgotten. More than 11.5 million people in #Syria are affected… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Yahya used to take care of his injured brother Omar. After the establishment of the field hospital in Al Hol camp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- Om Ali found in her land a way to support her family of 11️ She benefited from seeds and fertilizer grants provid… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- In #Syria, the economic impact of #COVID19 has left several hundred thousand families without an income. In the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- The most vulnerable Babies Children Teenagers ️Adults Elders benefit from our support. In the first h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
- 1 in 2 healthcare facilities are damaged in #Syria. With the support of ICRC and @SYRedCrescent, and in the fir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…