CARE is shocked to witness the impact of the rapid escalation of violence on the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria.
Airstrikes on densely populated areas in Aleppo city and Idlib have reportedly killed 69 people, including women and children, and injured at least 228. Women and children make up nearly two-thirds of the injury toll according to the UN.
Three of CARE’s partner staff from Syrian NGOs Shafak and IYD were tragically killed in the conflict near Aleppo, while another of our partner’s offices was also badly hit by an airstrike.
Affected areas are already home to high numbers of internally displaced people, many of whom have been forced to flee violence several times since the start of conflict in 2011.
“We are really saddened by the death of our partner colleagues and send our condolences to their families. The recent escalation has caused another massive wave of displacement for hundreds of thousands of people that have nowhere safe to go. Even camps are being targeted. These people need clean water, food and shelter from the winter cold, and in huge numbers, right at the time when the humanitarian response is severely underfunded,” said Khalil Altaha, head of CARE’s area office in northwest Syria.
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