United Nations: 15.3 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance

ARK News: The United Nations said in a report that 15.3 million people need humanitarian assistance throughout Syria, an increase of 5 percent from 2022.

The report added that the February earthquakes further aggravated the humanitarian situation in Syria, with an estimated 8.8 million people affected, noting that 5,224 families have so far benefited from cash assistance as part of the emergency response to the earthquake.

According to the United Nations report, 51,165 families have received basic and seasonal relief supplies since the beginning of 2023.

The United Nations noted that this is the highest number of people in need of humanitarian assistance since the beginning of the "crisis" in Syria.

In this regard, a UN study revealed evidence of a small displacement of major donors, pointing out that donors largely prefer to focus their investments in the humanitarian sector rather than the health sector in areas affected by conflict, such as the European Union, Germany, Norway and Canada, who support responses to specific humanitarian crises.
It also stressed that there is an urgent need to increase donor focus on health development aid in Syria and to adopt the relationship between humanity, development and peace to improve the effectiveness of aid.

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