Battling the ghost of torture in Syria

August 27, 2025

In Syria’s prisons and security branches, the darkness of the unknown overpowered the darkness of detention cells. During nearly 14 years of war, arbitrary arrests grew more common, with many people held in custody without trial or investigation. Many survivors...

MSF expands support responding to unmet needs in Syria

July 31, 2025

The fall of the former government of Syria on 8 December 2024 was a significant turning point in the country after nearly 14 years of war. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has gained access to previously inaccessible areas under...

Syria: MSF mobile clinics bring care to the neglected region of east Ghouta

February 7, 2025

After years of neglect, east Ghouta, a region located only 10 kilometres from Damascus, shows little signs of normalcy, the streets lined with the ruins of buildings are empty of the signs of life. The people here are struggling under...

Syria: “Where growing medical needs converge with shrinking funds”

May 24, 2024

Amman, Brussels – International financial support to the health system in northern Syria is in decline. The medical needs in the region far exceed the available medical services, with Syrian people bearing the greatest burden due to limited support and...

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

July 6, 2023

Amman, 5 July, 2023 - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2672) for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Ensuring increased, expanded, and...

Northwest Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas

February 26, 2023

At 4.17 on the morning of Monday 6 February, Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings,...

MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake victims enters northwest Syria

February 19, 2023

The international organisation calls for the urgent scaling up of humanitarian supplies, which currently fail to even match pre-earthquake volumes. A Médecins Sans Frontières convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing...

Earthquakes in Syria: “There is no time to waste in reaching the people of this region”

February 15, 2023

According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria have killed more than 35,000 people and injured tens of thousands more. Médecins Sans Frontières works with affected populations in northwestern Syria with nearly 500 staff members. At...

Overwhelming needs as earthquakes hit south Türkiye and northwest Syria: MSF scales up its response

February 7, 2023

Following the powerful earthquakes that hit the south of Türkiye and northwest Syria on February 6th, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), already supporting the population of northwest Syria, has mobilized its team along with local partners to respond to the increasing...

The humanitarian access to northwest Syria must be ensured

January 7, 2023

Amman, 20 December 2022 - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew and extend the Syria cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2642) for at least 12 months, to allow the continuing provision...

Between two fires: Danger and desperation in Syria’s Al-Hol camp

November 7, 2022

Under the auspices of the global fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, exceptional policies have been implemented involving the indefinite and arbitrary detention of women, children and men in Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on...

A lost generation live in fear inside Syria’s Al-Hol camp

November 7, 2022

Amsterdam/Al-Hol, Syria, 7 November 2022 - The deaths of two boys while awaiting approval for emergency medical care are just two of many tragic cases featured in a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) that lays bare the cruelty...