WFP Syria In Numbers North-West Syria 961,000 people displaced since 01 December 20191 Emergency Situation 675,000 newly displaced people assisted Report #14 with WFP ready-to-eat rations since 01 December 2019 03 March 2020 1.2 million people provided with WFP general food assistance in February WFP Operational Presence Highlights T U R K E Y • As hostilities continue across Idlib and T U R K E Y western Aleppo governorate, more than 961,000 people have been displaced since 01 December, with 375,000 people displaced in February alone. • WFP provided emergency food assistance to 509,400 recently displaced people in February. In addition, revised assistance procedures allowed WFP to reach a record 1.2 million ALEPPO people with general food assistance. • WFP requires approximately USD 15 million per month to sustain food assistance in north- western Syria at current levels. Situation Update • The dramatic situation in north-west Syria is showing few signs of abating, as hostilities continue across WFP Response: North-Western Syria several areas of Idlib and western Aleppo (number of people assisted, as of 29 February) governorate. 1,160,100 • Some 961,300 people have been displaced since 01 1,008,000 December, including 576,000 children, according to 897,500 the latest update from the UNHCR-led Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster; the largest wave of displacement in nearly 509,400 nine years of crisis in Syria. 375,000 • Of the recently displaced, 72 percent, some 704,000 299,000 288,000 people, are reporting food as a primary need. 108,400 50,800 • Population displacement accelerated in February, with 375,000 people displaced over the course of the DEC JAN FEB month. Over the past week, ongoing hostilities have reportedly spurred significant additional PEOPLE DISPLACED GENERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE (GFA) displacement from Idlib city, Bennsh, Sarmin, READY-TO-EAT RATIONS (RTEs) Taftanaz, Taoum, Dana and Saraqeb towards Salqin, A’zaz and Afrin. WFP Syria North-West Syria Emergency Situation Report #14 03 March 2020 Page | 1 WFP Response 500,000 people are expected over the first week of March. However, dispatches of additional commodities • WFP, through its cooperating partners, is providing emergency food and nutrition assistance with are occurring at a slower rate than normal due to ongoing hostilities and obstructed supply routes. commodities delivered into Syria via the Logistics Cluster-facilitated cross-border operation from Turkey. • The WFP stocks currently positioned inside north-west WFP distributes ready-to-eat rations (RTEs) as a first-line Syria has an estimated value of USD 6 million, and the response to newly displaced families to cover volatile situation is putting WFP stocks at risk. On 19 immediate food needs, before enrolling eligible January, two incidents (one in Idlib and one in western households into its monthly general food assistance Aleppo governorate) resulted in the loss of WFP (GFA) programme. commodities at an estimated value of USD 175,000. • In February, WFP assisted some 509,400 newly While WFP is working to move stocks away from active displaced people with emergency food assistance fighting, WFP commodities remain at risk in several through RTEs. Overall, WFP has reached some 675,000 areas due to the fluid and unpredictable situation. recently displaced people with RTEs since 01 December • The Security Council resolution which authorises the 2019, and additional RTE distributions are ongoing at cross-border operation (Resolution 2504 (2020)) expires the time of writing. on 10 July 2020. WFP considers the cross-border operation to be the only viable way for the United • In response to the challenging operating environment, WFP has temporarily revised its GFA implementation Nations to adequately assist millions of civilians in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria’s north-west. guidelines in north-west Syria in order to better respond the rapidly evolving situation. The revised guidelines Resources have significantly sped up the GFA distribution process and allowed WFP to reach close to 1.2 million people • WFP requires some USD 15 million each month to under the February GFA cycle, a new record for the sustain its ongoing humanitarian operations in north- number of people reached in a single month. The March west Syria. Overall, WFP requires USD 184 million to GFA distribution cycle started this week, and the GFA maintain its scaled-up humanitarian operations across implementation guidelines will continue to be adjusted Syria through August 2020. based on the situation on the ground to ensure the continuity of assistance to the affected population. Operational Challenges • WFP continues to face significant challenges in its response due to the volatile situation. The rapid movement of people is hampering the ability of WFP’s cooperating partners to accurately track both newly displaced people in need of assistance as well as people previously enrolled in WFP’s regular GFA programme. Offloading of WFP food in Idlib governorate, 16 February 2020 Photo © WFP/cooperating partner • Displacement continues to affect WFP cooperating partner staff and their families, and a lack of manpower for the handling of humanitarian cargo remains a WFP Operational Information Management and Performance Reporting Officer, Damascus: challenge. Further, a lack of capacity for the trucking of Daniel Arukwe JOHANSEN ([email protected]) the increased volume of cargo continues to present a WFP Country Director and Country Representative: challenge to the scale-up of humanitarian operations, Corinne FLEISCHER while road congestion continues to restrict the For more information: movement of trucks carrying WFP commodities. • All previous WFP North-West Syria Emergency Situation Reports on ReliefWeb WFP Preparedness • OCHA: Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria Situation • WFP currently has RTEs in stock inside north-west Syria Report No. 9, 26 February 2020 sufficient for 89,300 people, as well as GFA rations in 1 stock sufficient for 634,800 people. WFP is working to CCCM Cluster, 01 March 2020. replenish its stocks of RTEs and GFA food rations inside The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map(s) do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of WFP concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory, city or sea, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Syria, and deliveries of RTEs sufficient for an additional © World Food Programme 2020 WFP Syria North-West Syria Emergency Situation Report #14 03 March 2020 Page | 2 .