Syria: Harsh winter period to bring additional challenges for IDPs; tailored response needed
Highlights
· Scale and gravity of humanitarian needs continue to grow.
· Education under threat due, in part, to infrastructural damage and the presence of IDPs in schools.
· Syrian refugees could total 600,000 by the end of 2012 if outflows continue at current rate.
· UN and partners call for redoubling of efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance.