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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.
Here's the latest news coming out of Syria:
In numbers
In 2017 (in collaboration with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent)
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15 millionpeople currently benefit from our water and engineering projects
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3.3 millionpeople received food
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2.1 millionpeople received hygiene kits, towels, mattresses, blankets and other household items
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1.4 millionsick or wounded people received health care
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13 millionbread packs were distributed to over 200,000 people in Aleppo, Damascus, Deir Ezzor, Homs and Rural Damascus
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153,000people received winter clothes in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Lattakia, Tartous and Rural Damascus
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30visits to central prisons were conducted by the ICRC
Latest Tweets
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Thousands fled the conflict in Quneitra seeking safety. Their situation is uncertain. They need help now. We dema… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Can one piece of paper change your life? icrc.org/en/document/pr…
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Any evacuations, in #Syria, or elsewhere, must follow basic humanitarian rules: *Civilians can choose to stay or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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France? Croatia? England? Who are you supporting? We support Amer ️ #WorldCup #Syria pic.twitter.com/1Scg9ROAlr
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Very distressing news out of #Syria where thousands of civilians are trapped near Nassib after fleeing the intense… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The ICRC and #SARC shelter in Jbab, in the North of #Daraa governorate is hosting about 1500 people who fled the fi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Devastating news out of #Syria: Reports of medical facilities bombed in Daraa. Every attack on hospitals deprives… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…