Topic: Crisis Response

 

Tens of Thousands of People in North-East Syria at Risk as Winter Approaches

As temperatures plummet across the Middle East, CARE warns that tens of thousands of people, including women and children, in north-east Syria are at risk of facing harsh weather conditions without needed protection. Over 100,000 people are still displaced, out of which more than 15,000 are living in collective shelters, according to the United Nations, with few possessions or clothing, making them more vulnerable as the winter approaches.

 

Facing a Harsh First Winter in a Refugee Camp

While Ali* was at his house in al-Darbasiyah, a border town in north-east Syria, fighting broke out and bombings began. The women and children left the town on the same day to a village 20 kilometers away, while the men stayed behind. As the fighting continued for the next few days, Ali decided to take his pregnant wife, Merdin*, and two-year-old daughter, Yara*, to the city of Hassakeh, where they stayed with relatives for a week.

 

A Syrian mother in Northern Iraq: “We Barely Escaped Syria with Our Lives”

Diana* left her village near Ras al-Ain, on the Syrian-Turkish border, with her three children after the military operation began in north-east Syria in early October. Her husband stayed behind to look after their house and belongings. While fleeing with her children who are between the ages of six and 14, Diana had to pay smugglers to bring them to safety in northern Iraq.