Syria: Obstacles to maternity care shatter women’s hopes for a safe pregnancy

November 12, 2024

The 13-year-long war in Syria, the earthquake in February 2023 and the lack of international support to rebuild healthcare infrastructure have deprived pregnant women and new mothers of their most fundamental right of access to adequate and dignified maternity care,...

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...

Aisha is an MSF midwife supervisor from Azaz in northern Syria

February 17, 2023

Aisha is a midwife working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Azaz, northwest Syria. She shares her experience in the aftermath of the earthquakes. When the earthquake struck at 4.17 am, my family and I were asleep. We felt the building shaking...

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...

Access to healthcare in northwest Syria at risk over potential last border crossing closure

June 30, 2022

Out of 4.4 million people living in northwest Syria, 4.1 million need humanitarian aid. More than 60 per cent are internally displaced people (IDPs). They will soon lose access to desperately needed humanitarian and medical aid, unless the UN cross-border...

Syria: Multiple casualties from shelling on village in northwestern Syria

October 25, 2019

BRUSSELS - The conflict in northwestern Syria continues to cause fear, displacement and acute medical needs among people. Shelling on Thursday 24 October on the village of Janoudia in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, resulted in an influx of 17 casualties...