Vikki who is a nurse, Yasmeen, a translator, and I were standing out in the waiting area of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Annex clinic in Al Hol camp, Syria. We were there before the security forces had opened the gate from the Annex. We were staring off quietly for a moment, waiting […]
It is 9 a.m. in the war-ravaged but still bustling city of Raqqa in northeast Syria. Fatina, who is originally from Aleppo, is lying on her bed in an MSF-supported Cholera Treatment Unit (CTU). She is still feeling weak, so a nurse is helping her drink an oral rehydration solution (ORS) from a cup as […]
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 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) that lays bare the cruelty of the long-term detainment of more than 50,000 people, the majority of whom are children, in Al-Hol, northeast […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2585) expiring on July 10, 2022 for the provision of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Around 60% of people residing in this area, more than half of whom are internally displaced, risk losing access to […]
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Another winter season is approaching in northwest Syria, where over 2 million people, the majority of whom are women and children, remain internally displaced.
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Northern Syria is experiencing its most severe recorded wave of COVID-19 yet, with needs fast outpacing limited oxygen supplies and health facilities running out of testing kits. In the northwest the health system is already unable to cope, while in the northeast the virus is spreading at a worrying pace, the international medical humanitarian organization […]
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People are facing a desperate situation in northern Syria, as limited access to clean water over the past few months has reached breaking point. A decade of war has left water and sanitation infrastructure destroyed and neglected, and today over three million people, mostly displaced by the conflict, are suffering dire consequences. “Even when water […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2533) expiring on July 10, 2021 for the provision of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. More than 4 million people residing in this area, more than half of whom are Internally Displaced People (IDPs), risk […]
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The true numbers of people affected by COVID-19 is believed to be much higher than what is reported as people continue to struggle to access testing and healthcare.
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