Al-Hol camp is on the southern outskirts of the town of Al-Hol in northeast Syria. Following the defeat of Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the camp is now effectively an outdoor detention centre where people who were displaced during fighting between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and IS in 2018...
Sherwan Qasem is an emergency officer currently based in MSF's office in Amsterdam. Originally from Syria, he was forced to take refuge in Türkiye in 2012.
[Update on 12/7] MSF Head of Mission for Syria, Sebastien Gay, comments on the UNSC failure to renew the cross-border resolution during their session on 11 July 2023: The failure to renew the cross-border resolution at the United Nations Security Council meeting on July 11 is shameful. Politics is...
As of 31 May, Médecins Sans Frontières will hand over its intervention activities in Türkiye, as the emergency response ends, following the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in the country's southeast. After the first quake struck on February 6, MSF supported Turkish civil society...
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are finding it increasingly difficult to access vital medical services due to reports of forced deportation and restrictions on their freedom of movement. Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and their partners have heard from patients that...
In Türkiye the consequences of this February’s devastating earthquakes are all too visible in destroyed buildings, makeshift camps and rebuilding efforts widespread in affected areas. With the coming of spring, heavy rain has caused flooding, creating further issues. For the survivors, the...
MSF’s response to the earthquakes in Syria Key data as of February 24, 2023: • Relief items distributed: 30,232 • Mobile clinics consultations: 5,667 • Number of mental health consultations: 450 • Medical supplies donated: 27 tons • Hospitals supported: 32 MSF has been present in northwest and...
Logistics coordinator Ricardo Martínez is leader of one of the first MSF emergency teams to arrive in Türkiye following the 6 February earthquakes. He describes the situation in the city of Adiyaman.
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for the urgent scaling up of humanitarian supplies, which currently fail to even match pre-earthquake volumes A MSF convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria on Feb 19, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing point. This first convoy carries 1,...
On 15 February, in collaboration with the Turkish Medical Association, a team from Médecins Sans Frontières donated various essential relief items to people affected by the earthquake in the city of Adiyaman in southern Türkiye. The donated items – including hygiene kits, electrical stoves, winter...
