Syria: After years of detention former Al Hol residents face uncertain future
March 3, 2026Amsterdam–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...
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Syria: Overburdened health services and overcrowded host centres
February 27, 2026When 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...
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Syria: Shelters overwhelmed as reсent fighting forces mass displacement
February 20, 2026Fourteen 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...
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Syria: Families in Northwest Syria face harsh winter conditions
February 10, 2026In 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...
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Syria: Addressing people’s medical needs in Dara’a
December 19, 2025Damascus, Syria- Twelve months after the fall of Bashar Al-Asad’s government, people and communities in southern Syria now have more options to access healthcare, as teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working in this part of the country for the...
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MSF expands support responding to unmet needs in Syria
July 31, 2025The 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...
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Syria: MSF opens emergency room in Daraya
April 8, 2025Daraya, Syria- After 14 years of war, Syria has been left with large-scale destruction, massive displacement, economic hardship and a lack of basic services, including healthcare. In response, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started planning...
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Syria: MSF mobile clinics bring care to the neglected region of east Ghouta
February 7, 2025After 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...
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The non-renewal of the cross-border resolution by the United Nations Security Council is an inexcusable failure towards the Syrian people
August 8, 2023Amman/Jordan, 8 August, 2023 - The failure of the United Nations’ Security Council to renew the cross-border resolution safeguarding access to vital humanitarian aid for north-western Syria is inexcusable. People living in this area lost a vital way to receive...
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Between 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 all...
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A 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...
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Renewal of Syria Cross-border resolution – MSF Flashquote
July 14, 2022The decision of the United Nations Security Council to renew the cross-border aid mechanism from Turkey to Syria is absolutely vital and essential for people in northwest Syria. However, doing so for six months only is insufficient and concerning. A...
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