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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 2018
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17.3 millionbenefitted from water and habitat projects.
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280,000displaced people benefitted from renovations and upgrading of housing, water sanitation facilities in 65 collective shelters throughout the country.
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8.5 millionpeople in 13 governorates received food. About 5.9 million were repeated recipients.
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2.2 millionpeople in 13 governorates received essential items, including blankets, mattresses, hygiene kits, winter clothes, and school kits.
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50,000people benefitted from the ICRC/SARC livelihood and agricultural projects as well as support to bakeries and flour mills.
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850,000people have access to improved healthcare services through ICRC-supported SARC health facilities, 9 polyclinics and 13 mobile health units.
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260,000wounded and sick persons benefitted from first aid services and emergency transport by SARC ambulances supported by ICRC.
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4,500persons benefitted from physical rehabilitation aid
Latest Tweets
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We are concerned by reports of a growing number of civilian casualties, as well as harm to health care services and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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More than 70,000 people are now living in deadly freezing conditions in camps in north-east #Syria. More than half… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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More are still arriving. We and @SYRedCrescent are bossting our response in the camp. twitter.com/ICRC_sy/status…
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Fleeing hostilities in Deir Ezzor, over 25,000 people arrived recently in Al-Hol camp, North East of #Syria. We a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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In #Syria, the humanitarian needs remain vast. See here more detail of our response in 2018 to elevate the sufferin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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50% of health facilities in #Syria are out of service or partially functioning. twitter.com/ICRC/status/10…
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The needs are still immense in #Syria, but here are the details of our response in 2018 to elevate the suffering of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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50% of Syria’s health facilities are out of service or partially functioning. This is not just a number…. This im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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13 million people in #Syria are still in need of humanitarian assistance. twitter.com/ICRC/status/10…
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Renewed fighting in southeast of Deir Ezzor forced thousands to flee. Over 11,100 people have arrived recently to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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17.3 million people in #Syria benefitted from our support to water facilities in 2018. pic.twitter.com/fqD7c66ItV
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7-year old Adnan had a wish to walk again. Now it is a reality. In 2018, over 4,500 persons in #Syria benefitted… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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People in rural #Homs are rebuilding their lives. We and @SYRedCrescent provided support to their income generati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…