The ICRC has been present in Syria since 1967, working to ensure that victims of armed conflict receive the humanitarian protection and assistance they are entitled to and help vulnerable communities meet their essential needs.
The humanitarian situation in Sweida is critical. People are running out of everything. Hospitals are increasingly struggling to treat the wounded and the sick, and families are unable to bury their loved ones in dignity. After sleepless nights gripped by fear, anxiety, and grief, people are yearning for the end of violence to restart moving freely, attend their most basic needs and check on loved ones. Every hour lost means more suffering for families and patients waiting for critical aid. They cannot wait any longer. For them - and for us - every minute counts.
In Syria, the ICRC focuses on supporting vulnerable communities that have been suffering the effects of over a decade of armed conflict and devastating earthquakes.
After 14 years of registering more than 35,000 people as missing, the International Red Cross can finally bring some solace to families on the fate and whereabouts of their missing loved ones in Syria. We sit down with the head of the Syria delegation, Stephan Sakalian, to talk about how the International Committee of the Red Cross is working to provide some consolation to those seeking missing loved ones and what it will take to rebuild the country under the new government.
For more than a decade, Syria has endured relentless conflict, leaving millions in despair.
The ICRC carries out its activities in Syria in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, improving access to food and health care, repairing and refurbishing water and sanitation networks across the country, and helping people gradually restore their livelihoods.
