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Syria: Communities in Deir-ez-Zor governorate increasingly struggle to meet their basic needs as conflict continues
Syria: Communities in Deir-ez-Zor governorate increasingly struggle to meet their basic needs as conflict continues

November 27, 2017

Syria: Communities in Deir-ez-Zor governorate increasingly struggle to meet their basic needs as conflict continues

Since the beginning of September 2017, conflict has escalated in Deir-ez-Zor governorate as multiple parties have attempted to expel the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the governorate. The escalation in conflict has caused large-scale displacement within and from Deir-ez-Zor governorate, with an estimated 320,000 persons displaced in […]

Syria: Humanitarian challenges continue to grow in Deir-ez-Zor governorate with decreasing capacity to bear future shocks
Syria: Humanitarian challenges continue to grow in Deir-ez-Zor governorate with decreasing capacity to bear future shocks

June 13, 2017

Syria: Humanitarian challenges continue to grow in Deir-ez-Zor governorate with decreasing capacity to bear future shocks

Since 2014, much of Deir-ez-Zor governorate in northeast Syria has been under control of the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), leading to extremely limited humanitarian access and a continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation. As conflict has escalated in neighbouring Ar-Raqqa governorate, the risk of increased population flows […]