Today's top news: Syria, Türkiye

Displaced families in Azaz received aid provided by the International Organization for Migration. The aid was brought through the Bab Al-Salam crossing. 15 February 2023. OCHA/Madevi Sun Suon

Syria

In north-west Syria, according to recent assessments, 50,000 households need tents or emergency shelter, and at least 88,000 households need mattresses, thermal blankets and clothing.

In addition, our partners report that hospitals and medical centers are overstretched and under-resourced.

Health partners are setting up temporary medical health facilities, deploy teams and provide mental health and psychosocial support. More than 4,800 people, including people with disabilities, received medical consultations and health services in Idleb and Aleppo.

More than 60,000 people in 74 collective centers were reached with water trucking since the start of the response. Our partners have set up reception centers and helped to provide tents and other items to camps and affected communities, in Jandaris, Dana, Atareb, Maaret Tamsrin, Harim and Idleb. Some 13,000 people have received tents and 1,500 people have received heaters and fuel.

Our partners also provided food and cash. The World Food Programme has reached 480,000 people with regular food assistance, while more than 300,000 people have received one-off distributions of food. Given the magnitude of the crisis, more support is needed. As we announced this week, we are calling for $400 million to support the humanitarian response in Syria and $1 billion in Türkiye.

Türkiye

Humanitarian teams are working in the provinces of Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, and Hatay.

We and our partners are delivering food, tents, blankets and other supplies, with medical supplies and personnel being dispatched to affected areas. The UN Refugee Agency provided over 19,500 high thermal blankets, 12,000 foam mattresses and 19,500 kitchen sets, 12,000 supplementary food packs as well as heaters, hygiene items, winter clothes. They also provided 14,300 family tents, 10,000 tarpaulin, 6,000 high-thermal blankets, and close to 12,000 hygiene parcels.