The United States announced that it has provided $198.3 million to support aid in Syria and face the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.
The US Agency for International Development said in a report that “the US government provided $198.3 million for the fiscal year 2024 in responding to the continued humanitarian crisis in Syria.”
According to the report, the total number provided by the United States during the previous 12 years has reached $17.8 billion.
The report made it clear that the aid includes the food security program, health, water and sanitation, protection, and shelter in the various Syrian governorates.
The US Agency for International Development pointed out that it provided $175.4 million, while the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration provided $22.9 million.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a report late last month, confirming that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria reached 16.7 million people in 2024, a 9% increase from the previous year.
The report indicated that the humanitarian situation in Syria worsened after 6 February 2023 earthquake, which increased the number of people in need of aid.
The (UNHCR) requested $466.6 million to cover its operations in Syria for the year 2024, but the current funding rate reached only 18%.
It is noteworthy that the humanitarian and living conditions in the northwestern region of Syria are getting worse, as the region faces severe shortage of humanitarian aid, which negatively affects more than two million IDPs living in the camps of Idleb and the Aleppo countryside and lacking basic necessities such as food, water, and health care.
