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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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Over the past 8 years, we never stopped talking about the war in #Syria. But today, let’s talk about an aspect that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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What #Syrians need is quite simple; the chance to rebuild their lives with dignity. #Syria pic.twitter.com/FzthsLSvOs
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People fleeing the violence continue to arrive to Al Hol Camp, northeast #Syria . Most of them are women and chi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Are these conditions to grow up in? A peek at life in Al Hol camp in northeast #Syria icrc.org/en/document/li…
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Thousands, mostly women and children, have been continuously arriving at Al Hol camp in north-east #Syria. They are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Over 45,000 people are now living in Al Hol Camp in north-east #Syria, putting enormous pressure on a place that wa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hungry. Sleepless. Cold. Thousands of women and children are arriving every day at Al Hol camp in north-east… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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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…