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CILVEGOZU, TURKEY - DECEMBER 13: Syrian families living in Turkey walk towards the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria after after Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad on December 13, 2024 in Cilvegozu, Turkey. The fall of the Assad regime last week has prompted many Syrians in neighboring Turkey to try to reenter their home country. Turkey hosts a population of more than 3 million Syrian refugees, according to UNHCR statistics. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

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Assad Is Gone—But for Refugees to Return, the World Needs to Invest in Syria’s Peace

IDLIB, SYRIA - February 23 : A child sits in the back of the car while the family drive with their belongings, according to locals more than two million displaced because of war live in the northwest of Syria before the earthquake , on February 23, 2023 in Idlib, Syria. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people. (Photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images)

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The Long Road to Rapprochement between Syria and Turkey

IDLIB, SYRIA - February 24: A Syrian child walks through a destroyed house, written on the wall “here it was a lane called Tal” following the earthquake, in the city of Armanaz , on February 24, 2023 in Idlib, Syria. According to locals more than two million people who have been displaced because of war lived in the northwest of Syria before the earthquake. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people. (Photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images)

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A Humane Choice: Sanctions Relief for Syria’s Earthquake

On 1 January, children stand in the entryway of their tent shelter, in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally displaced persons, near the border with Turkey, in Aleppo Governorate. A muddy and puddled walkway separates their tent from those of their neighbours. Laundry has been hung to dry nearby. Keeping clothing clean and dry has been a major challenge for residents. Residents have also expressed concern that hygiene conditions in the camp are worsening, increasing the risk of disease.

In early January 2014 in the Syrian Arab Republic, the ongoing conflict has affected some 9.3 million people. Of these, 6.5 million have been displaced internally. Syrians have also fled abroad, with more than 2.3 million people registered or awaiting registration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. UNICEF support in the Syrian Arab Republic includes the distribution of clothing and other supplies to help keep children and their families healthy and warm during the winter; a polio vaccination campaign; the provision of primary health care services via both mobile medical teams and fixed centres; initiatives in water, sanitation and hygiene, including efforts to ensure continuous access to safe water in conflict-prone areas; the distribution of school supplies; and the provision of psychosocial support services for children and adolescents. United Nations agencies, including UNICEF, have appealed for US$6.5 billion to cover responses within the Syrian Arab Republic and host countries between January and December 2014. The appeal includes some US$2.3 billion for the 2014 Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to aid people inside Syria and US$4.2 billion for the UNHCR-led Syria Regional Response Plan to aid refugees and host communities.

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Cholera in the Time of Assad: How Syria’s Water Crisis Caused an Avoidable Outbreak

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MARCH 10: A pro-Assad demonstration quickly puts an end to a pro-democracy demonstration in front of the justice palace on March 10, 2005 in Damascus, Syria. The Lebanese Parliament emboldened by pro-Syrian demonstrations in Beirut voted to re-elect Lebanon's pro-Syrian Prime Minister, Omar Karami, who was forced stand down by pressure from opponents of Syria's occupation. (Photo by Jeroen Kramer/Getty Images)

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Can Assad’s New Military Appointments Help Rebuild His Regime?

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 09: About 100 people shout slogans as they gather outside the Russian embassy to protest against President Vladamir Putin and his country's involvement in Syria October 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. Syrian Americans and supporters of the Syrian people gathered to demonstrate against Russia's military build up and action in Syria and its four-year civil war. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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A Warning from Syria: Victory Day Is a Long Way Off in Ukraine