SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC North-east Humanitarian Snapshot As of 20 June 2019

OVERVIEW North East Syria (NES) remains one of the most complex operating environments in Syria due to a combination of ongoing hostilities, 861k PEOPLE IN ACUTE NEED weather-related hazards and population movements. Currently, 1.65 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in NES – 14 percent of the overall total. As of April 2019, NES is hosting 604,853 IDPs, including 133,675 in 57 camps, collective shelters, and last resort sites. 1.65M PEOPLE IN NEED Between January 2018 and April 2019, approximately 479,174 IDPs have spontaneously returned to their areas of origin in Al Hassakeh (22,530), Ar 605k (139,260) and Deir ez Zor (317,384) – two-thirds of those returning Total IDPs (as of April 2019) to Ar Raqqa during this period returned to the capital city itself. An assessment conducted in Ar Raqqa in February 2019 identified that critical needs remain in healthcare, water and sanitation, non-food items, shelter, electricity, livelihoods opportunities as well as protection – with 479k mine risk education and clearance identified as of particular concern Total Spontaneous IDP Returnees (Jan 2018 -April 2019) given extensive explosive hazard contamination. Since the beginning of May a series of fires have broken out across NES destroying thousands of hectares of arable land. Currently, the food security sector is carrying 134 out its annual Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CSFAM) Total # of humanitarian partners which is expected to capture the impact of these incidents. In the meantime, humanitarian actors are monitoring a number of indicators, including market prices and purchasing power, to determine what strategies are required to mitigate/respond to any resulting humanitarian 57 needs. Given the nature and severity of needs across the NES, steps are Total # of Camps and Informal Settlements being made to scale up the humanitarian response through all possible means. Currently, plans are underway to establish a UN hub in Deir-ez-Zor governorate to support affected people in Deir-ez-Zor city and Al , 133k , , and Surat sub-districts, as well as open a guest house Total # of IDPs residing in camps and informal settlements in Tabqa, Ar Raqqa to facilitate additional and lengthier missions to affected communities and camps in this governorate.

CAMPS LOCATIONS IN DEIR-EZ-ZOR, AL-HASAKEH, AR-RAQQA Newroz

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Quamishli Qahtaniyyeh 1,792 TURKEY Darbasiyah Al-Malikeyyeh Ain al Arab Ya'robiyah Ras Al Ain Jarablus Mabroka Al-Hasakeh Tal Hmis Tell Abiad Ar-Ra'ee Tal Tamer Menbij Ein Issa 3,387 Hole Al-Hasakeh A'rima Sarin Ein Issa Suluk Abu Qalqal Al-Hol Areesha 13,229 Ar-Raqqa o AlKalta 73,043 Alzahira L IRAQ Tal Alsamn Janoby Areesheh 8,891 Almazuneh Dayr Hafir Hatash Abu Kubry Royan Jurneyyeh Alajaj Jarwah Alrasheed Alasdyah-Alfqubour Karama Abu Khashab Tawaiheneh AlGhaba Al Fateh Shadadah Rabeah Maskana 9,725 Mazraat Yareb Tal AlBayah AlSalhabeh AlKhatonyeh Mahmoudli Alqarbia Abu Kubea 6,290 Kisreh Henedeh Alhamam Maadan

Al-Khafsa Khanaser Sabka Mansura Tabni Sur Sur As-Saan Deir-ez-Zor North-east Syria Deir-ez-ZorKhasham Basira

Muhasan Thiban

Al Mayadin Sokhneh Hajin Ashara

Tadmor JalaaHajin

Susat Abu Kamal Qaryatein

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 20 June 2019 Sources: UN and humanitarian actors Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Newroz Roj 302 North-east Syria Humanitarian Snapshot Jawadiyah Quamishli As of 20 June 2019 Amuda Qahtaniyyeh 1,644 TURKEY Darbasiyah Al-Malikeyyeh Ain al Arab Ya'robiyah Ras Al Ain Jarablus Mabroka Al-Hasakeh Tal Hmis Tell Abiad Ar-Ra'ee Newroz Tal Tamer Ein Issa Roj 214 Menbij Jawadiyah 2,441 Hole

Quamishli Amuda Ein IssaQahtaniyyeh 1,792 Al-Hasakeh A'rima TURKEY Sarin Darbasiyah Al-Malikeyyeh Suluk Ain al Arab Ya'robiyah Abu Qalqal Ras Al Ain Al-Hol Jarablus Mabroka Al-Hasakeh Tal Hmis Tell Abiad Areesha Tal Tamer Menbij Ein Issa 3,387 12,365 Hole Ein Issa Al-Hasakeh A'rima Sarin Suluk Abu Qalqal Al-Hol Ar-Raqqa Aleppo Areesha 13,229 73,043 Aleppo AlKalta IRAQ AlKalta 73,043 Alzahira Alzahira IRAQ Tal Alsamn Janoby Areesheh 8,891 Almazuneh Tal Alsamn Janoby Areesheh 8,891 Dayr Hafir Hatash Abu Kubry Royan Almazuneh Jurneyyeh Alajaj Jarwah Dayr HafirAlrasheed Ar-Raqqa Alasdyah-Alfqubour Karama Abu Khashab Tawaiheneh AlGhaba Al Fateh Shadadah Hatash Rabeah Abu Kubry Royan Maskana Mazraat Yareb Tal AlBayah Jurneyyeh 9,725 AlSalhabeh AlKhatonyeh Alajaj Jarwah Alqarbia Abu Kubea Mahmoudli 6,290 Alrasheed Alhamam Kisreh Abu Khashab Henedeh Markada Alasdyah-Alfqubour Karama Maadan Tawaiheneh AlGhaba Al Fateh Shadadah Rabeah Al-Khafsa Khanaser Sabka Mansura Maskana Mazraat Yareb Tal AlBayah 7,851 Tabni AlKhatonyeh Sur AlSalhabeh AlqarbiaSur Abu Kubea As-Saan Mahmoudli 4,115 Hama Deir-ez-Zor Alhamam Kisreh Deir-ez-ZorKhasham Henedeh Markada Basira Maadan Areesha Camp, Al Hasakeh Muhasan Thiban Al-Khafsa Khanaser Al Mayadin Sabka Newroz Sokhneh As of 13 May, the camp population stands at 8,891 people (approx. Mansura Hajin Ashara

Tadmor Hajin Tabni Jalaa Roj1,812 households). Heavy rains over the winter period have caused Susat Jawadiyah 302 Abu Kamal extensive damageSur to the camp, with 75 per cent of the site affected by Sur Quamishli Amuda Qahtaniyyeh 1,644 Darbasiyah flooding by March (representing 80 per cent living space of the As-SaanTURKEY Al-Malikeyyeh Hama Ain al Arab Deir-ez-ZorYa'robiyah population), including key infrastructure, such as communal spaces, Ras Al Ain Jarablus Mabroka Deir-ez-Zor Al-Hasakeh Tal Hmis toilets and other facilities.Basira While 987 flood-affected families have Tell Abiad Tal Tamer Menbij Ein Issa 3,387 Hole already been temporarily relocated to land nearby, in mid-May the Ein Issa Al-Hasakeh Sarin Suluk MuhasanGovernor approved a Thibanplan to relocate residents to a new site close by. Abu Qalqal Al-Hol Areesha Currently, sectors are assessing the suitability of this land – which is 13,229 Ar-Raqqa Al Mayadin AlKalta 56,000 able to accommodate 92 per cent of the current camp population – Alzahira IRAQ Tal Alsamn Janoby Areesheh 9,295 Almazuneh Sokhneh Hajin Hatash Abu Kubry Royan before preparatoryAshara work begins. Site preparation is expected to take at Jurneyyeh Alajaj Jarwah Alrasheed Alasdyah-Alfqubour Karama Abu Khashab Tawaiheneh AlGhaba Al Fateh Shadadah Rabeah least six months to complete before relocation begins. In the Maskana Mazraat Yareb Tal AlBayah Tadmor 7,851 Hajin AlSalhabeh AlKhatonyeh Jalaa Alqarbia Abu Kubea 6,290 meantime, partners are continuing to provide WASH, Health, food, Mahmoudli Kisreh Henedeh Alhamam Markada Maadan protection, education and shelter/NFIs,Susat to the IDPs in their current Al-Khafsa Abu Kamal Qaryatein Sabka Mansura location. According to Camp Administration, a number of families are Ar-Raqqa City Tabni expected to leave the camp over the coming months with 120 Sur The total population of Raqqa city is estimated to be betweenSur 140,000 individuals having registered to return in the last two weeks alone.

Deir-ez-Zor individuals. An increase in spontaneousDeir-ez-ZorKhasham returns to the city has been Basira reported from a couple of hundreds in 2017 to 93,000 in Jan -2018Apr Al Hol Camp, Al Hasakeh 2019. Despite a number of securityMuhasan incidents andThiban high levels of ERW contamination, the overall security environment has improved. As a As of 19 June, the population of Al Hol is just over 73,000 with almost Al Mayadin 65,000 individuals arriving since the beginning of December. The vast result, humanitarianSokhneh activities have been scaled up graduallyHajin over the Ashara last year. Nevertheless, access to and affordability of basic services majority of the camp population are women and children (91%), with Tadmor Hajin remains insufficient. Access to the water network,Jalaa for instance. remains around 67% under the age of 18. While influxes have significantly Susat reduced since mid-March, actors continue to scale up their response low in some neighborhoods, Abu Kamal with some 35 organizations now operating in the camp delivering up to while there are widespread challenges related to the city’s sewage 50 services. Needs nevertheless remain critical across a number of infrastructure with increased reports of visible accumulation of solid sectors, particularly WASH and protection, where there is a constant waste. Issues related to water quality also remain widely reported Newroz need to maintain and upgrade existing facilities, such as latrines and across all areas. Bakery capacity and bread affordability is also reported water tanks, to prevent the prevent the spread of communicable as an issue in at least half of all neighborhoods, attributed to a reduction Roj 302 diseases, as well as identify additional waterJawadiyah sources (due to limited in flour availability, reducing the capacity of public bakeries to produce water availability) and provideQuamishli more specialized protection services sufficient bread quantities. The prevalence of child labour as a barrier to Amuda Qahtaniyyeh 1,644 suchDarbasiyah as family tracing and reunification. With theAl-Malikeyyeh onset of summer education has more than doubled from lastTURKEY year, while the proportion of Ain al Arab there has been an increased incidence of acuteYa'robiyah diarrhea in the camp as intermediary and secondary school-aged children attending schoolRas Al Ain Jarablus Mabroka well as a slight increase in acute malnutrition, however overall Al-Hasakeh Tal Hmis remains below 50% in the majority ofTell Abiadneighborhoods. Moving forward, Ar-Ra'ee emergency thresholds in the camp have not been breached and remain interventions aimed at increasing self-sufficiency by addressing Tal Tamer Menbij Ein Issa 2,441 within sphere standards.Hole As of early June, three field hospitals have challenges related to affordabilityEin Issaand access to livelihoods should be Al-Hasakeh A'rima Sarin Suluk been established and are providing in-patient support to 100 people. prioritized.Abu Qalqal Al-Hol The relocationAreesha of residents from Phase 7 to Phases 6 and 8 is also 12,365 Aleppo Ar-Raqqa ongoing with around 600 Syrian families relocated as of 12 June. AlKalta 56,000 Alzahira Despite the recent departure of 740IRAQ Syrian IDPs to Tabqa in Ar-Raqqa, Tal Alsamn Janoby Areesheh 9,295 Almazuneh Dayr Hafir Hatash as well as an increase in the number of third country nationals being Abu Kubry Royan Jurneyyeh Alajaj Jarwah Alrasheed Alasdyah-Alfqubour Karama Abu Khashab repatriated by their countries of origin, a gap of approximately 3,000 Tawaiheneh AlGhaba Al Fateh Shadadah Rabeah Maskana Mazraat Yareb Tal AlBayah shelter plots is expected to remain. 9,725 AlSalhabeh AlKhatonyeh Alqarbia Abu Kubea 4,115 Mahmoudli Kisreh Henedeh Alhamam Maadan Hajin, Deir-ez-ZourMarkada Al-Khafsa Khanaser Sabka Mansura The humanitarian situation in south-east Deir ez-Zor remains dire, Tabni particularly in the towns and villages along the eastern side of the Al Mahmoudli Camp, Ar Raqqa EuphratesSur from Basira to Hajin. It is estimated that about 150,000 people in need liveSur in these villages. Thousands of displaced people live As-SaanRelocation of 1,680 households from Twaiheneh informal settlement to Hama Deir-ez-Zor in informal settlements and in damaged and/or unfinished buildings. Mahmoudli camp will commence on 24 June. Following the relocation,Deir-ez-Zor Khasham it is expected that around 400 households will remain in Twaiheneh – a Many sitesBasira are at risk of flooding and many families lack adequate location where limited facilities and services are currently being shelter and access to health care and safe water, particularly in Muhasan southern districts and communities along the Euphrates River. On 4 provided. Humanitarian partners are in the process of completing a Thiban comprehensive mapping to determine what assistance is being planned April the Government of Syria approved a joint UN/SARC inter-agency Al Mayadin convoy to Hajin targeting 50,000 people. The UN team is working with for both locations to minimize duplicationSokhneh and ensure that critical gaps Hajin are filled. Messaging to the communities on the relocation process and AsharaSARC and partners to prepare deployment. It is a complex mission due to security and logistical challenges. planned assistanceTadmor in both locations is also being finalised. Overall, it is JalaaHajin expected that relocation will take around a month to complete. Susat Abu Kamal Qaryatein The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 20 June 2019 Sources: UN and humanitarian actors Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int