Syria Hub

The humanitarian impact of the Syria crisis continues to reverberate across the country and the wider region. Most immediately, the crisis has left millions of people facing a daily struggle to survive amidst pervasive threats to their lives, security, well-being, and dignity. Various forms of violence permeates daily life, particularly affecting women and children. At the same time, prolonged conflict and widespread displacement continues to tear apart the social and economic fabric of Syria, compounding immediate suffering and compromising Syria’s long-term future. So far, no substantial progress has been made in finding a credible political solution, and Syria has been torn by multiple and overlapping Non-International Armed Conflicts (NIACs) and International Armed Conflicts (IACs).

The combined violence and effects are plunging the civilian population into a catastrophic spiral of conflict and complete erosion of livelihoods, resources and opportunities. The conflict in Syria remains multi-faceted and multi-fronted, between different State and non-State actors and involving a multitude of different regional and international actors. Despite a general lessening in large-scale hostilities and a “freezing” of frontlines since March 2020, the civilian population still lives in a highly fluctuating environment, characterized by insecurity, human rights abuses and violations, localized escalation of hostilities and general hindrance to any mean of minimum subsistence.