Syria: After years of detention former Al Hol residents face uncertain future

March 3, 2026

Amsterdam–Hassakeh, 27 February 2026 – Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned by the abrupt and uncoordinated way in which Al Hol detention camp was closed by the Syrian government. The sudden closure of the camp on 22 February, and the...

Syria: Overburdened health services and overcrowded host centres

February 27, 2026

When renewed clashes in mid-July 2025 forced thousands of people in Sweida governorate, Syria, to flee their homes, many families believed it would be a short displacement. Eight months later, there is increasing pressure on host communities and overstretched health...

Syria: Shelters overwhelmed as reсent fighting forces mass displacement

February 20, 2026

Fourteen years of conflict have left Syria deeply scarred, and for many people in the northeast, displacement continues to shape daily life. One year after the fall of the previous government, renewed fighting in mid-January 2026 displaced tens of thousands...

Syria: Families in Northwest Syria face harsh winter conditions

February 10, 2026

In Syria, despite the end of the war, people continue to live with the heavy legacy of fourteen years of brutal conflict. Years of aerial attacks and protracted hostilities, including in rural areas around Homs, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib, have destroyed homes and essential infrastructure, left countless families with no choice but to flee. Many families sought shelters...

Battling the ghost of torture in Syria

August 27, 2025

In Syria’s prisons and security branches, the darkness of the unknown overpowered the darkness of detention cells. During nearly 14 years of war, arbitrary arrests grew more common, with many people held in custody without trial or investigation. Many survivors...

MSF expands support responding to unmet needs in Syria

July 31, 2025

The fall of the former government of Syria on 8 December 2024 was a significant turning point in the country after nearly 14 years of war. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has gained access to previously inaccessible areas under...

Syria: MSF mobile clinics bring care to the neglected region of east Ghouta

February 7, 2025

After years of neglect, east Ghouta, a region located only 10 kilometres from Damascus, shows little signs of normalcy, the streets lined with the ruins of buildings are empty of the signs of life. The people here are struggling under...

Syria: “Where growing medical needs converge with shrinking funds”

May 24, 2024

Amman, Brussels – International financial support to the health system in northern Syria is in decline. The medical needs in the region far exceed the available medical services, with Syrian people bearing the greatest burden due to limited support and...

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

July 6, 2023

Amman, 5 July, 2023 - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2672) for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Ensuring increased, expanded, and...

Northwest Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas

February 26, 2023

At 4.17 on the morning of Monday 6 February, Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings,...

MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake victims enters northwest Syria

February 19, 2023

The international organisation calls for the urgent scaling up of humanitarian supplies, which currently fail to even match pre-earthquake volumes. A Médecins Sans Frontières convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing...

Earthquakes in Syria: “There is no time to waste in reaching the people of this region”

February 15, 2023

According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria have killed more than 35,000 people and injured tens of thousands more. Médecins Sans Frontières works with affected populations in northwestern Syria with nearly 500 staff members. At...