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Syria Crisis at a displacement camp in Idleb
A UN delegation headed by David Carden, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis at a displacement camp in Idleb on 4 July, 2023. OCHA/Mohanad Zayat

Syria

Earlier today, the UN led two monitoring and assessment missions from Türkiye into north-west Syria.

OCHA staff from the Syrian Cross-Border Humanitarian Fund conducted a routine monitoring mission through the al-Ra’ee crossing. The World Health Organization, for its part, entered via Bab al-Salam to conduct a routine assessment.

Additional staff missions and truck movements are planned through Bab al-Salam and al-Ra'ee crossings in the coming days.

Posted on 19 July 2023