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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visit to Syria
“The impact continues to be very hard on communities that…have gone through years and years of conflict and hardship.” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Syria to meet with people affected by the devastating earthquakes....
Earthquake Syria response
In Damascus airport, UNHCR Representative in Syria, Sivanka Dhanapala, thanks #InternationalHumanitarianCity for transporting much needed relief items from UNHCR warehouses in Dubai to support families affected by the...
من سوريا، ممثل المفوضية سيفانكا دانابالا، ينقل لنا الصورة من إحدى المناطق المتضررة من الزلزال
من سوريا، ممثل المفوضية سيفانكا دانابالا، ينقل لنا الصورة من إحدى المناطق المتضررة من...
UNHCR Representative in Syria, Sivanka Dhanapala is on the ground, highlighting the growing needs
UNHCR Representative in Syria, Sivanka Dhanapala is on the ground, highlighting the growing...
فايز ولبانة يروون قصتهم مع الخسارة والنجاة عندما ضرب الزلزال الحي الذي يسكنون به.
فايز ولبانة يروون قصتهم مع الخسارة والنجاة عندما ضرب الزلزال الحي الذي يسكنون به. ...
UNHCR Staff take the initiative to support earthquakes-affected families in Syria
More than a month after devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Türkiye, millions of people remain in need of essential life-saving support. Even with humanitarian efforts and inter-agency coordination in place, there is still a lot to be done. Following a long...
فرق المفوضية موجدة على الأرض لمساعدة المتضررين من الزلزال في سوريا
“لا يسعنا التفكير سوى بهذه اللحظة “. يروي مازن هول اللحظات التي واجهها مع أسرته وهم يغادرون منزلهم بسبب الهزة الأرضية. فرق المفوضية موجودة على الأرض لمساعدة أشخاص هذه...
UNHCR provides assistance to earthquake-affected families in Syria
Countless people were affected by the earthquake, like Aziza, amid of the sever winter storm. UNHCR Syria and its partners are on the ground for them and continue delivering life-saving assistance. Here is a story of Aziza at the night of the...
Mazen recounts the horrors he faced in Aleppo as they braced for the earthquakes
Mazen recounts the horrors he faced in Aleppo alongside his family as they braced for the earthquakes. Our teams are on the ground to help people like Mazen, but we need your...
Vital aid reaches Syrian quake survivors who – again – have lost everything
UNHCR delivers assistance to families left homeless by the disaster, while reopening of aid route to northwest Syria offers hope to those already displaced during country’s 12-year crisis.
UNHCR: Over 5 million may need shelter support in Syria after quake
This is a summary of what was said by Sivanka Dhanapala, UNHCR Representative in Syria – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. He was speaking from Damascus.
UNHCR responds to deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
Teams from the UN Refugee Agency are on the ground to provide life-saving assistance to families affected by the disaster. Two powerful earthquakes that struck south-eastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February have claimed thousands of lives and caused untold...