70% of the Syrian population needs humanitarian aid.

On November 21, speaking at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on the situation in Syria, UN Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi said that 2024 “will be the bloodiest year” in the country in the past four years.

Deputy UN Special Envoy Najat Rochdi. (Source: Executive Bulletin)

According to Najat Rochdi, 2024 will be the most violent year in Syria since 2020, with an even greater risk of devastation, as millions of Syrians remain refugees abroad or struggle to survive in a complex environment where the de facto government, foreign armies, armed non-state forces, and terrorist groups coexist.

In addition, Israeli airstrikes have increased significantly, both in frequency and scale. Most recently, the November 20th Israeli airstrike near Palmyra killed dozens of people and was the deadliest Israeli attack on the country in history.

Speaking before the Security Council, the head of the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Edem Wosornu, said that more than half a million people have fled Lebanon to Syria since the end of September to escape Israeli airstrikes. Even before this wave of displacement, up to 70% of Syria's population (approximately 16.7 million people) were in need of humanitarian assistance.

According to UN officials, the impact of food security is particularly alarming, with nearly 13 million people facing acute food insecurity in Syria, the fifth highest in the world . Meanwhile, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to cut aid by 80% in the past two years due to funding cuts.

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