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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
January - March 2019
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6.2 millionbenefited from the support to water supply services, as well as from projects related to sanitation and power supply.
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5.3 millionpeople were ensured safe drinking water across the country.
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1.3 millionpeople have access to improved healthcare services.
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1 millionpeople in 12 governorates received food. About 0.5 million were repeated recipients.
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270,000people in 12 governorates received essential items, including blankets, mattresses, hygiene kits, winter clothes, and school kits.
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57,000people benefited from the ICRC/SARC livelihood and agricultural projects by receiving 11,000 cereal kits.
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4,000people benefited from physical rehabilitation aid.
Latest Tweets
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What does it take to start over after losing everything? Nidal knows. He’s just one of more than 13 million people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Noor is only 5 years old and has the responsibility of fetching water because her mother is unable to move. Today… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The ICRC is concerned by reports of civilian casualties on both sides of the frontlines due to ongoing fighting in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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“Omar will survive this because he is strong, just like me” his brother Yahia told us. Months after being injured i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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“We left our home in 2012, and we came back in 2018. When we returned, we found our house like this.” Sara (70) tol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Two-thirds of the 70,000 people living in Al Hol camp are children. Even after living through war, they always find… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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“All I wish for my life is that my brothers complete their studies.” Mohammed (23) lost one of his legs during the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Have you ever wondered how the ICRC work to reconnect families who have lost contact? In the North East of Syria, o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Many are malnourished and suffer from diarrhea. At the field hospital, we also treat people wounded from hostilitie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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An estimated 60 percent of the patients at the field hospital are children, and most children are under the age of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Since the opening at the end of May, the joint field hospital @SYRedCrescent @ICRC @rodekorsnorge in Al-Hol camp ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Families belong together ️ #Syria pic.twitter.com/sTEWLf95AA
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50% of health facilities are out of service or partially functioning in #Syria Health care workers and health facil… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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1 in 2 Syrians have been forced from their home by war. In some parts of the country, people have started to return… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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This is what war does to cities. Imagine what it does to those who survive. #Syria pic.twitter.com/lyLcAHWG7k
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The first baby girl has been born in our field hospital in #AlHol We are grateful and humble to welcome this new… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Bassel and his brother returned to their neighborhood in #Aleppo Outside their house, Bassel accidentally touched… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…