Syria ‑ Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #7, Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
SITUATION AT A GLANCE
14.6 MILLION Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria
UN – February 2022
12 MILLION Estimated Food-Insecure Population in Syria
UN – February 2022
6.7 MILLION Estimated Number of IDPs in Syria
UN – March 2022
5.5 MILLION Estimated People USAID/BHA Reaches per Month in Syria
USAID/BHA – March 2022
2.1 MILLION Estimated People State/PRM Reaches per Month in Syria
State/PRM – Sept 2021
• U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda ThomasGreenfield visited Turkey’s Bab al-Hawa border crossing in early June and discussed cross-border humanitarian assistance operations in northwest Syria with relief organizations.
• The UN dispatched its fourth cross-line humanitarian convoy to Idlib Governorate on May 16, carrying food commodities sufficient to support approximately 40,000 people in northwest Syria.
• Poor economic conditions, limited health infrastructure, and insufficient safe drinking water have contributed to a higher prevalence of wasting in northeast Syria compared to other regions.
• The 2020–2021 wheat harvest in northeast Syria represented the lowest on record since 2017.