HUMANITARIAN 2016 RESPONSE PLAN MONITORING REPORT JANUARY-JUNE 2016 PREPARED BY THE WHOLE OF SYRIA ISCCG FOR THE SSG SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Credit: UNHCR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ESTIMATED PEOPLE CHILDREN IN PEOPLE IN HARD-TO-REACH PEOPLE IN BESIEGED NUMBER OF FOOD IN NEED NEED LOCATIONS LOCATIONS INSECURE PEOPLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY M M M M 6.7M 13.5 6 4.88 0.59 increased 6%, from 6.3M Now entering its sixth year, the conflict in Syria continues to all 18 besieged locations in Syria, in some cases multiple times in September 2015 take a drastic toll on the lives of the Syrian people and to drive (net total is 354,150). Nonetheless, bureaucratic hurdles continue * Figure includes population in besieged areas an unprecedented humanitarian and protection crisis: some to hinder operations, while increased fighting has precluded 13.5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and access to a number of besieged areas in the last months due protection services, including 6 million children. Since 2011, as to difficulties securing humanitarian pauses. Cross-border entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed, over half of Syria’s operations continued largely unimpeded during the escalation of population has been displaced, often multiple times. With host conflict in January and February. Over recent months, however, countries now providing refuge to some 4.8 million Syrian the cross-border response has been affected – and in some cases refugees, the crisis is also having an immense social and economic temporarily suspended – due to developments along Syria’s impact on Syria’s neighbors. As refugee flows have increased, borders with Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq. Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan have increasingly restricted the Despite increased cross-line access to besieged and hard to reach admission to their territories, leaving hundreds of thousands areas, the scale of needs in Syria remains overwhelming. Some TUREY stranded on Syria’s borders in often desperate conditions. 6.7 million people are unable to obtain the basic food required P Al-Hasaeh 2016 commenced with widespread hostilities across the country, to meet their needs and two thirds of the population do not which intensified in the lead up to political negotiations in have consistent access to safe drinking water. Access to essential Aleppo P February. After the “cessation of hostilities” agreement came services remains severely disrupted, with health facilities, into effect at the end of February, the level of conflict noticeably schools and other essential services operating at reduced P P Ar-Raa diminished in some areas and brought temporary respite to capacity or closed, despite ever-growing demand. A deep Idleb affected people, with the notable exception of Aleppo and economic recession, fluctuating national currency, unilateral Daraya. In addition, the combination of international support financial and economic coercive measures (sanctions), and P Lattaia through the International Syria Support Group and reduced disruption of markets have further contributed to extreme P Deir-e-or fighting enabled increased cross-line humanitarian access to vulnerability of Syrians across the country. Unemployment Hama P besieged and hard-to-reach areas. As of April however, the has skyrocketed and, as people have exhausted their savings level of conflict gradually increased across areas covered by the and resources, an estimated one in three households have 02 P 03 Tartous cessation of hostilities agreement, while operations against ISIL gone into debt. Child labour, early and/or forced marriage, P were stepped up. Throughout the reporting period, parties to and recruitment of children by armed groups have become Homs the conflict continued to impose punitive sieges and blockades, increasingly widespread. IDP settlements – a last resort in Mediterranean Sea engage in disproportionate attacks against densely-populated Syria – have expanded, while living conditions therein have areas, and target civilians and civilian infrastructure, including deteriorated due to inadequate space and increased insecurity. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC medical facilities, markets, bakeries, and schools. Humanitarian Despite a significant funding shortfall and a multitude of staff and warehouses were also severely affected. LEBANON challenges on the ground, the humanitarian community The temporary lull in hostilities and pause in aerial continues to respond to the critical need of crisis-affected P Rural Damascus DamascusDamascus bombardment between February and April led to a decrease of communities across Syria. On average, 5.7 million people have rapid-onset displacements, although an estimated 900,000 people been receiving monthly food assistance and up to 2.8 million UNDOF Administered were still forced from their homes or areas of residence in the last people have received some form of direct assistance in the last Area P IRAQ uneitra six months. As of mid-2016, the estimated number of internally six months, including water, hygiene and sanitation supplies as dara P displaced in country is 6.1 million people, down from 6.5 million well as support to agricultural production and other non-food P As-Sweida in October 2015. Alongside calls for greater international burden- items. A further estimated 5 million people have benefited from sharing, neighbouring countries have increasingly restricted service-oriented interventions, such as water purification and admission to their territories, leaving hundreds of thousands on medical interventions, including over one million children umber of people in need Syria’s borders in deplorable conditions, including an estimated and youth, who benefited from learning and development 100,000 IDPs in Azaz and, according to Government of Jordan, programmes. A further one million people benefited from JORDAN 21,001 1,066,000 92,000 people at the ‘berm’, on Syria’s southeastern border with livelihood support and early recovery interventions. 109,001 21,000 Jordan. Meanwhile, in response to over one million new arrivals 52,001 109,000 Despite this progress, critical gaps remain: 125 sub-districts out on European shores in 2015, almost half of whom were Syrian, 2,001 52,000 of a total of 272 remain underserved, with very few actors able the European Union (EU) entered into a far-reaching agreement 0 2,000 to provide support, and 17 have not been reached at all with any with Turkey, which agreed to take back all “irregular migrants” Sparsely populated areas type of assistance in the last five months. In particular, coverage who cross to the Greek islands after 20 March. Goernorate in ISIL-held areas in Deir-ez-Zor and Ar-Raqqa governorates has Subdistrict Although the overall level of conflict across Syria has gradually remained limited and access to Al-Hasakeh is very challenging. increased since April, humanitarian access to people living There are also critical gaps in assistance to a growing number in besieged and hard-to-reach areas significantly improved of IDPs living in improvised settlements and there is a need to as compared to the same period in 2015. Notably, since the strengthen and sustain service delivery in many large population beginning of January until the end of June 2016, cross-line inter- centres and in areas where high percentages or concentrations of Source: OCHA The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. agency convoys reached a cumulative total of 649,585 people in IDPs are living with host communities. SYRIA CRISIS IN BRIEF SYRIA CRISIS IN BRIEF In the coming six months, priorities will include sustaining and, upcoming winter planting season, and continuing efforts to if possible, increasing the scale of the response to all people sustain and restore access to livelihoods and scale up service SUMMARY PEOPLE ‘COVERED’ JAN-MAY in need, including IDPs; sustaining advocacy to lift all sieges delivery – including in the health, nutrition, and WASH sectors and to access and respond to the needs in besieged, militarily – in priority locations across the country. encircled, and other hard-to-reach areas, including responding SECTOR/CLUSTER PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE COVERED PEOPLE TARGETED % COVERED EXPLANATORY NOTE In the absence of a viable peace and reconciliation process to the needs arising from the crisis in Aleppo; advocacy for providing affected populations with a chance to start rebuilding and response to the needs of the ever-larger number of IDPs n. of children and youth teachers and their lives, and with the overall level of conflict again beginning education personnel benefiting from quality and asylum seekers concentrating at Syria’s borders; providing EDCATIO 5.7M 1.1M 4.6M 24% to escalate across the country, a deteriorating economic situation, education programmes assistance and protection to the estimated 6 million children and the increased closure of borders by neighbouring states, the living through conflict and displacement in Syria, including humanitarian and protection situation in Syria is expected to through support to the back-to-learning campaign; delivering deteriorate further over the coming months. Preparedness efforts winterization assistance to growing populations unable to for a variety of possible scenarios will be crucial. 2.4M 0.16M 1.2M 14% n. of people benefiting from shelter support access heating materials and adequate shelter; supporting the SHELTER n. of people benefiting from non-food 5.3M 2.8M 5.3M 53% SYRIA CRISIS IN BRIEF