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Saleh" /> <figcaption class="page-header-2__credit"> <div id="credit--1135764944" class="page-header-2__credit-panel" aria-hidden="true"> Photo: WFP/Hussam Al Saleh </div> <a class="page-header-2__credit-toggler js--page-header-2__credit-toggler" href="#credit--1135764944" aria-controls="credit--1135764944" aria-expanded="false">Photo credit</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="page-header-2__stats"> <dl> <dt>12.9 million </dt> <dd>people are food insecure</dd> <dt>7.2 million</dt> <dd>people are internally displaced</dd> <dt>1 million-plus </dt> <dd>people supported by WFP in 2024</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="page-header-2__actions"> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="columns wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="columns__main"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-description"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-rich-text paragraph--view-mode-full"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text wfp-wrapper clearfix"> <div class="field-rich-text--container mv4 mv5-lg"> <div> <p>After 13 years of conflict and economic collapse, <strong>Syrians are finding it increasingly difficult to support their families. </strong>The country has the world’s second-highest number of internally displaced people. </p> <p>The numbers are rising rapidly following the<strong> overthrow of the Government in late 2024 and the escalation of conflict in Lebanon. </strong></p> <p><strong>Nearly 13 million people, more than half of the population, are food insecure</strong>, including 3.1 million who are severely food insecure. Both maternal malnutrition and acute malnutrition in children under 5 are at global emergency thresholds.</p> <p>The Syrian economy is collapsing. <strong>The cost of living has tripled in Syria over the past three years</strong>, with the minimum wage buying only a fifth of a family’s basic food needs and a tenth of essential needs.</p> <p>Most people displaced from Lebanon are being hosted in communities which already had high levels of food insecurity, adding to the needs of the Syrian population.</p> <p>The World Food Programme (WFP) had to reduce assistance by nearly 80 percent in 2024, due to funding shortfalls, and prioritize support to severely food-insecure people. We are able to provide <strong>assistance to 1 million people in most severe need.</strong></p> <p>WFP is committed to fighting hunger in Syria and to continuing advocating on behalf of Syrians grappling with hunger. <strong>We call on international partners to step up their support</strong>, so we can reach those most in need of urgent food and nutrition assistance.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns__side"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-emergency"> <div> <aside class="page-emergency"> <p class="page-emergency__label">Emergency</p> <div class="page-emergency__content"><p>WFP emergency operations in Syria help people affected by the conflict.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/syria-emergency" class="button-new button-new--white">Syria emergency page</a> </aside> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field-paragraphs"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-page-accordion paragraph--view-mode-full mv4 mv5-lg clearfix"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title wfp-wrapper">What the World Food Programme is doing in Syria</h2> <section class="accordion wfp-wrapper js--accordion"> <dl class="accordion__items js--accordion__items"> <dt class="accordion__item-title active"> <div> <span>Emergency response</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel active"> <div class="accordion__item-content">Since the situation in Syria escalated in late 2024, WFP and partners have reached nearly 340,000 people with ready-to-eat rations, as well as hot and fresh meals. Prior to this, an emergency response was activated within hours of the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, to cope with an influx of people fleeing the war.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Syria_emerg.png?itok=5gY48DMu" alt="A young boy in Syria eating a WFP date bar"> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Food assistance</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">Due to funding shortfalls and higher food prices and operational costs, in 2023 WFP was forced to first reduce and then discontinue its large-scale General Food Assistance programme that had assisted 5.5 million people in Syria in 2023 alone. WFP launched a highly targeted emergency food assistance programme to reach 1 million severely food-insecure people. This is only a third of those severely food insecure in the country. School meals, nutrition and early-recovery work continue uninterrupted. However, dwindling humanitarian funding is limiting WFP’s ability to implement these activities at scale.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/WFP-Syria-food-assistance.JPG?itok=ZdZyHyJw" alt="Rima a mother of four children prepares traditional dish called Batoursh using WFP assistance card to buy fresh food items. Photo: © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh."> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Nutrition</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP’s nutrition programme helps children get the best possible start in life and supports pregnant and nursing mothers in fighting and preventing malnutrition. WFP currently supports over 300,000 pregnant and nursing women and girls, and children aged between 6 months and 2 years, to access nutrient-rich foods and improve their diets across all 14 governorates in Syria. This includes supporting women with value vouchers to diversify their diets, improve vitamin and mineral intake, and meet their nutritional needs.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Syria-Dana-nutrition-assistance-WFP-Hussam-Al-Saleh.jpg?itok=kaUeq65_" alt="Dana, 22 months old, eating Plumpy'Sup provided by WFP. Photo: © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh."> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>School meals</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP provides fortified snacks, fresh meals and food assistance, through electronic vouchers, to more than 460,000 students. This food is a key step in helping improve students’ health and nutrition, while motivating their families to keep sending them to school. The fresh school meals programme in Aleppo trains and employs vulnerable women to prepare the fresh meals, providing them with an income to support their families and become financially independent.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/WFP-Syria-School-meals.JPG?itok=mFlDoqsF" alt="Salma from Aleppo likes Homos sandwiches that WFP provides to nearly 30,000 students in 30 schools in Aleppo city every school day. Photo: © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh."> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Livelihoods</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">To promote self-sufficient communities and reduce their reliance on urgent assistance, WFP helps families across Syria to restore their livelihoods, improve their food security and enhance their resilience to future shocks. Through vocational training and the rehabilitation of local infrastructure, such as irrigation channels and bakeries, Syrian families will have the opportunities to remain on their farms, grow their own food and improve their incomes.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/WFP-Syria-livelihoods-and-resilience.JPG?itok=wVy31ZML" alt="Mahmoud a farmer from Rural Aleppo irrigating his wheat field from the water after WFP intervention in fixing the canals. Photo: © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh."> </div> </aside> </dd> </dl> </section> </div> <div class="wfp-wrapper mv4 mv5-lg ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="field field--field-content-multiple"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title">Publications</h2> <div class="grid-up-to-3cols"> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/situation-report-lebanon-syria"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Situation Report Lebanon-Syria </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-08-24T12:00:00Z">24 August 2024</time> </span> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/annual-country-reports-syrian-arab-republic"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Annual Country Reports - Syrian Arab Republic </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-03-29T12:00:00Z">29 March 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image_67.jpg?itok=GBEJrik7 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image_67.jpg?itok=p9dbwkZ- 156w" sizes="110px" width="156" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image_67.jpg?itok=GBEJrik7" alt="Cover image ACR" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/syria"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Situation Reports Syria: 2020 - Present </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2020-03-20T12:00:00Z">20 March 2020</time> </span> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/2023-year-review-wfp-operations-across-middle-east-northern-africa-and-eastern-europe"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> 2023 – A Year in Review: For WFP Operations across the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-08-06T12:00:00Z">6 August 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/376d579dfb59def9964472181f80cc9b.png?itok=lpCAt5sn 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/publication_covers/376d579dfb59def9964472181f80cc9b.png?itok=07Q5Ied- 155w" sizes="110px" width="155" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/376d579dfb59def9964472181f80cc9b.png?itok=lpCAt5sn" alt="cover of 2023 report" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/summary-evaluation-evidence-refugees-self-reliance"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Summary of evaluation evidence: Refugees self reliance </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2023-12-12T12:00:00Z">12 December 2023</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/Screenshot_1_18.png?itok=bD0DzQD2 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/images/publication/Screenshot_1_18.png?itok=d-PVOqMh 156w" sizes="110px" width="156" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/Screenshot_1_18.png?itok=bD0DzQD2" alt="WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/unequal-access-gendered-barriers-humanitarian-assistance"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Unequal Access: Gendered barriers to humanitarian assistance </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2023-11-10T12:00:00Z">10 November 2023</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/Access%20Thumbnail-min.png?itok=lpWV6r9a 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/images/publication/Access%20Thumbnail-min.png?itok=WjhBE4m9 155w" sizes="110px" width="155" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/Access%20Thumbnail-min.png?itok=lpWV6r9a" alt="Cover image of the report ''Unequal Access: Gendered barriers to humanitarian assistance''" /> </div> </a> </article> </div> </div> <div class="tc mb4"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/publications?f%5B0%5D=country%3A2092" class="button-new">Show more</a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-stories paragraph--view-mode-full wfp-wrapper mv4 mv5-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title">In focus</h2> <section class="explore-new"> <div class="explore-new__wrapper wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/its-long-road-food-security-lebanon-report-warns" title="It’s a long road to food security for Lebanon, report warns "> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2025-01/WF1954963%20vlcsnap-2024-11-15-20h39m11s430.jpg?itok=eEBXc8HU')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">It’s a long road to food security for Lebanon, report warns </h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 23 January 2025</span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/hunger-syria-wfp-calls-funds-provide-food-and-support-millions" title="Hunger in Syria: WFP calls for funds to provide food and support to millions"> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2024-12/WF1966622%2020241206_SYR_AFP-Aaref-Watad_36PY9TG.jpg?itok=8I8WUlIM')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">Hunger in Syria: WFP calls for funds to provide food and support to millions</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 12 December 2024</span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/lebanon-updates-both-peace-and-donor-support-are-vital-reel-back-hunger-says-wfp" title="Lebanon updates: Both peace and donor support are vital to reel back hunger, says WFP"> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2024-12/WF1962533%20DSC09570%20%281%29.jpg?itok=FQFM06Xg')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">Lebanon updates: Both peace and donor support are vital to reel back hunger, says WFP</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 12 December 2024</span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/donor-support-key-ramp-wfp-support-needs-grow-lebanon-syria" title="Donor support key to ramp up WFP support as needs grow in Lebanon, Syria"> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2024-10/IMG_0153.jpeg?itok=C_qHRvlD')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">Donor support key to ramp up WFP support as needs grow in Lebanon, Syria</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 23 October 2024</span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/tens-thousands-fleeing-lebanons-conflict-face-uncertain-future-syria" title="Tens of thousands fleeing Lebanon’s conflict face an uncertain future in Syria"> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2024-10/WOMAN%20AND%20KID_SYR_Hussam-Al-Saleh_C72A2494.jpg?itok=4Uq7HDlS')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">Tens of thousands fleeing Lebanon’s conflict face an uncertain future in Syria</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 17 October 2024</span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/de-escalation-now-wfp-warns-against-spreading-middle-east-crisis" title="'De-escalation now' – WFP warns against spreading Middle East crisis"> <div class="explore-new__item-image"> <div style="background-image: url('https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/wrapper_width/public/2024-10/family%20wfp%20employee%20_0.jpg?itok=xkdmgxBg')"></div> </div> <div class="explore-new__item-text"> <h2 class="explore-new__item-title">'De-escalation now' – WFP warns against spreading Middle East crisis</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 10 October 2024</span></p> </div> </a> </article> </div> </section> <div class="ta-center mv4"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories?f%5B0%5D=country%3A2092" class="button-new">Show more</a> </div> </div> <div > <div id="block-countrypagenews"> <section class="page-splash page-splash--background-blue" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title page-splash__title">Syrian Arab Republic news releases</h2> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wfp.org/news?f%5B0%5D=country%3A2092" class="button-new button-new--white">Go to page</a> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-partners-donors paragraph--view-mode-full"> <section class="page-partners wfp-wrapper mv4 mv5-lg ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title">Partners and donors</h2> <div class="page-partners__content">Achieving Zero Hunger is the work of many. Our work in Syria is made possible by the support and collaboration of our partners and donors, including:</div> <div class="page-partners__items"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.australia.gov.au/">Australia</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/federal_authorities/federal_government">Belgium</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.canada.ca/en.html">Canada</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/index_en">ECHO</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en">Germany</a> </div> <div id="page-partners__panel--712563972" class="page-partners__items" aria-hidden="true"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.government.is/">Iceland</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.japan.go.jp/">Japan</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.e.gov.kw/sites/kgoEnglish/Pages/HomePage.aspx">Kuwait</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.regjeringen.no/en/id4/">Norway</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usa.gov/">United States</a> </div> <a class="page-partners__panel-toggler js--page-partners__panel-toggler button-new" href="#page-partners__panel--712563972" aria-controls="page-partners__panel--712563972" aria-expanded="false">View all</a> </section> </div> </div> <div class="field field--dynamic-block-fieldnode-country-overview-page-link"> <section class="page-splash page-splash--background-blue" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title page-splash__title">Find out more about the state of food security in Syrian Arab Republic</h2> <a target="_blank" href="//dataviz.vam.wfp.org/CountryPage_overview.aspx?iso3=syr" class="button-new button-new--white">Visit the food security analysis page</a> </div> </section> </div> <div class="field field--dynamic-block-fieldnode-country-operations-block wfp-wrapper"> <div class="wfp-wrapper country-operations mt5 mb5"> <section class="cards-simple"> <div class="cards-simple__wrapper wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title cards-simple__title">Operations in Syrian Arab Republic</h2> <ul class="cards-simple__items"> <li class="cards-simple__item"> <section class="card-simple"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/operations/sy03-syrian-arab-republic-interim-country-strategic-plan-2022-2025" class="card-simple__link"> <div class="card-simple__wrapper wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="card-simple__content"> <p class="card-simple__title">Syrian Arab Republic interim country strategic plan (2022–2025)</p> <div class="card-simple__body"> <small class="card-simple__subtitle">SY03 - Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP)</small> </div> </div> </div> </a> </section> </li> </ul> <div class="cards-simple__button-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/operations?f%5B0%5D=country%3A2092" class="button-new">View all operations</a> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <section class="contacts"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title 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