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Syrian Arab Republic

Four days after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, a toddler smiles, looking at the fire warming him and his family in the temporary shelter area consisting of tents in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.
Press release
13 February 2023
One week on from devastating earthquakes, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian assistance
4.6 million children are living in affected areas in Türkiye, with another 2.5 million children affected in Syria
On 6 February 2023, rescue workers carry a boy they recovered from the rubbles of a building after an earthquake in Dana, rebel-held Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic.
Press release
07 February 2023
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children and families affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
This is a summary of what was said UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 
residents retrieve a small child from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Syria
Press release
06 February 2023
Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquakes hit at the border of south-east Türkiye and Syria
18-year old Rasha has escaped two wars in her lifetime.
Article
29 August 2022
UNICEF supports children and young people traumatised by war
After fleeing wars in Syria and Ukraine, Rasha is determined to chase her dreams.
On 6 March 2020 at the Kahramanmaras Temporary Accommodation Center in Turkey, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore sits with first grade Syrian Arab Republic students attending classes.
Statement
07 March 2020
Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue, UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip
Press release
04 November 2019
Governments should repatriate foreign children stranded in Syria before it’s too late
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
A woman holds a child
Press release
14 October 2019
Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
On 26 January 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, children and families are huddled together after being forced to flee their homes in nearby towns and villages, with their few belongings in Baghoz village in Hajin district in eastern rural Deir-ez-Zor before they embark on a long and ardous journey to safety at Al-Hol camp, almost 300km to the north.
Statement
11 March 2019
2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Hanaa, 8, who was paralysed by an exploding bomb and lost the use of her legs, sits next to her classmates at a school in east Aleppo city, Syrian Arab Republic.
Press release
23 April 2018
Nearly 5 million Syrian children accessing education despite over seven years of war on children
Ahead of the Brussels conference, UNICEF calls for more support to children’s education
Hanaa, 8, who was paralysed by an exploding bomb and lost the use of her legs, sits in her wheelchair near her home in Sakhoor neighbourhood, east Aleppo city, Syrian Arab Republic.
Press release
12 March 2018
No end in sight to seven years of war in Syria: children with disabilities at risk of exclusion
In 2017, extreme and indiscriminate violence killed highest ever number of children - 50 per cent more than 2016