Syria: key operation begins to bring aid to people in besieged areas 12/1/2016, News releases and statements News release Damascus / Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working alongside the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and ...
Tens of thousands in dire need of basic services in Syrian town 21/6/2015, News releases and statements News release 18 June 2015 Geneva/Damascus – (ICRC) Around 40,000 people are in urgent need of basic services including water and electricity in ...
Syria: More access needed as situation deteriorates 11/5/2015, News releases and statements ICRC News Release No. 15/70 7 May 2015 The International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) Director of Operations, Dominik Stillhart, has ...
Jordan: Providing water to refugees and host communities 11/1/2015, News releases and statements News release 22 December 2014 With the influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees into the northern governorates of Jordan, the demand ...
Syria: Fighting in Quneitra and Dara’a displaces over 100,000 people 23/10/2014 In September, fighting in and around the governorates of Quneitra and Dara’a intensified, displacing over 100,000 people to Damascus and Rural Damascus. Here ...
ICRC alarmed over unacceptable use of explosive weapons in urban areas 21/10/2014, News releases and statements Warfare in urban settings presents challenges that need addressing. All parties to armed conflicts must take steps to protect civilians from the effects ...
Syria: ICRC delivers urgently needed medical aid to Yarmouk camp 19/10/2014, News releases and statements Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Palestine Red ...
Syria and Iraq: ICRC calls for better compliance with humanitarian law 1/10/2014, IHL / News releases and statements All parties should uphold the fundamental principle of human dignity, to spare the civilian population the effects of the hostilities and to facilitate ...
Refugees in Lebanon: A father’s hope (video) 8/4/2014 ICRC financial support is enabling a physical rehabilitation centre in Tripoli, Lebanon, to providing artificial limbs for victims of the war in Syria. ...
Destination Damascus (video) 18/2/2014 Ghadeer Zahwa is a student from the Golan, and studies in Damascus University to be a dentist. With the help of the ICRC, ...
