Assistance Coordination Unit

After 13 years of relentless conflict, Syria face severe humanitarian challenges driven by deteriorating infrastructure, disrupted livelihoods, and inadequate essential services. With the recent fall of Assad’s regime and Syria’s liberation, the Rapid Needs Assessment (RNA) underscores pressing multisectoral needs in education, food security, WASH, protection, livelihoods, health, and shelter. Key priorities include restoring electricity, enhancing education, ensuring security, delivering food and water, and addressing critical health and shelter needs. These findings highlight the urgency of coordinated interventions to tackle the complex crises affecting communities in Syria.

The Information Management Unit (IMU) of Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) produced the Ninth Edition of the “Winter Needs in Northwest Syria Camps” report. It sheds light on the reality of displacement camps in Northwest Syria, the numbers of IDPs and their age groups, the nature of IDPs’ shelters, their most urgent needs for the coming winter, and the top priorities of the needs. The report also highlights shows the availability of civil defense centers at the camps. The report presents recommendations for humanitarian actors to respond to the most urgent and life-saving response to be provided based on the findings of the study.

The recent attacks by the Syrian regime and Russia have resulted in a dire humanitarian crisis. Intensified airstrikes have targeted hospitals, causing the suspension of medical services. Displaced families are struggling to find safety amid relentless bombings. There is an urgent need for humanitarian assistance as civilians face growing risks.

The IMU of the ACU, issues its fourth edition of the “Winter Needs in the Northern Syrian Camps” report, addressing 680 camps in the governorates of Aleppo and Idleb. The report brings to light the most important items that IDPs are in need for in terms of type and quantities, according to international standards for humanitarian response. It furthermore, brings emphasis to bear on the course of action that IDPs, as well as the camp management teams, should follow to drive down the effects of natural disasters that may put their lives at risk. Noting that the number of families that ACU enumerators were able to assess their needs reached 156,873 families, making up an overall individual number of 872,082 IDPs