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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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10 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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Despite living in a shelter in Dweir, these families go the extra mile when preparing their daily meals. #Syria Ta… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Our thoughts are with you.. twitter.com/icrc_ye/status…
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We asked those kids from #EasternGhouta about their wishes for the future? They said to become doctors, artists or… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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The people of Eastern Ghouta lost almost everything. But one thing they didn’t loose on the way: Their resilience a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Many people who were separated wish to be reunited with their family members. Many people who fled #Eastern_Ghouta… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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This is how hot meals are cooked in the kitchens and delivered to the shelters. Every day with @SYRedCrescent, we… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Our team with @SYRedCrescent are working in 10 shelters to install toilets, build rooms, provide clean water and mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Physical rehabilitation is one of the main needs of displaced people from #EasternGhouta. So far, our team with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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