While the crisis in Syria has left no one without affecting it, the effects are varied:
Some parts of the country and segments of the population are affected more severely than others.
The humanitarian needs of the people in Syria remain widespread after nearly nine years of conflict.
As a result of the continuation of hostilities, prolonged displacement, increased rates of return, erosion of social cohesion and resilience of societies, and according to the Syria Emergency Response Plan issued by HNO on March 1 – 2019, Syria, 11.7 million people need some form of humanitarian aid,
including food and shelter, and the number was 13.1 in 2018, of whom 5 million are in urgent need of assistance given the pool of humanitarian risk factors. Also, 4.7 million people are in need in the shelter sector,
including 2 million children.
Nine years and the suffering of the Syrians has not ended, and every day begins a story of a new tragedy:
Today, the southern countryside of Idlib, the southeast countryside of Idlib, Ma’rat al-Numan, and Ma’rat
al-Numan countryside falls under the fire of Russian and Syrian aircraft, where there are more than
70,000 people in Muntar al-Numan alone, most of whom are displaced from the countryside of Damascus
and Ghouta and the northern countryside of Homs. The continuous violent shelling of civilians, in turn,
led to a new flight of displacement, as the United Nations announced the displacement of tens of
thousands of civilians since the beginning of the week as a result of the escalation of the shelling in Idlib
Governorate in northwestern Syria, where the number of people displaced from 01/11/2019 to 07 /
01/2020 More than 63,065 families, which is more than 359,741 displaced people as well as more
than 287 martyrs recorded, including about 90 children, as well as extensive damage to property
and infrastructure.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that
in light of “intensified air strikes and shelling since December 16 in southern Idlib, tens of thousands of
civilians have fled the area of Ma`rat al-Numan in the southern Idlib countryside to the north.”
As it seems that the exodus of these large groups, it is not believed that they have a way to return to
their homes and villages for the short or long term, and most of the displaced are now still on the main
roads with no shelter in exposed areas.
