Northwest Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas
February 26, 2023At 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,...
Read moreThe humanitarian access to northwest Syria must be ensured
January 7, 2023Amman, 20 December 2022 - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew and extend the Syria cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2642) for at least 12 months, to allow the continuing provision...
Read moreBetween two fires: Danger and desperation in Syria’s Al-Hol camp
November 7, 2022Under the auspices of the global fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, exceptional policies have been implemented involving the indefinite and arbitrary detention of women, children and men in Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on...
Read moreA lost generation live in fear inside Syria’s Al-Hol camp
November 7, 2022Amsterdam/Al-Hol, Syria, 7 November 2022 - The deaths of two boys while awaiting approval for emergency medical care are just two of many tragic cases featured in a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) that lays bare the cruelty...
Read moreSyria: Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties
November 1, 2019BRUSSELS – Continued conflict in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria is creating a huge need for medical care. A massive explosion in Darkoush town in the afternoon of Thursday 31 October resulted in 12 casualties being rushed for urgent treatment to a nearby hospital...
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