Syria: Explosive ordnance continues to injure and kill civilians in Deir Ez-Zor while access to healthcare remains limited
June 26, 2026Deir Ez-Zor, Syria, 25 June 2026- One year after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began supporting emergency services at Deir Ez-Zor National Hospital (DNH), hundreds of people injured by explosive ordnance have been treated at the hospital, highlighting the devastating and...
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Syria: Making Thalassemia Patients Seen, Heard, and Valued
May 13, 2026Living with thalassemia is about far more than managing a medical condition. It is about navigating social stigma, promoting equal opportunities, building trust, and ensuring that patients and their families are not only treated, but also truly heard. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects the body’s...
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Syria: MSF concludes three-year support to Darat Izza Primary Healthcare Center
May 5, 2026After more than three years of facilitating access to essential healthcare for families in Darat Izza, northwest Syria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) transitioned out of direct support at the end of March 2026. MSF began supporting the Primary Healthcare Center (PHCC) in Darat Izza, in the...
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Syria: Shifting healthcare needs
March 25, 2026After years of displacement, many displaced Syrians are beginning to return to their home cities, determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble of war. But as the patterns of movement shift, so do the health care needs of communities...
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Syria: After years of detention former Al Hol residents face uncertain future
March 3, 2026Amsterdam–Hassakeh, 27 February 2026 – Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned by the abrupt and uncoordinated way in which Al Hol detention camp was closed by the Syrian government. The sudden closure of the camp on 22 February, and the...
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Syria: Overburdened health services and overcrowded host centres
February 27, 2026When renewed clashes in mid-July 2025 forced thousands of people in Sweida governorate, Syria, to flee their homes, many families believed it would be a short displacement. Eight months later, there is increasing pressure on host communities and overstretched health...
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Syria: Families in Northwest Syria face harsh winter conditions
February 10, 2026In Syria, despite the end of the war, people continue to live with the heavy legacy of fourteen years of brutal conflict. Years of aerial attacks and protracted hostilities, including in rural areas around Homs, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib, have destroyed homes and essential infrastructure, left countless families with no choice but to flee. Many families sought shelters...
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Syria: Helping care reach people in Daraya after years of war
January 30, 2026In late 2024, families in Syria began returning to places they had not seen for years during the war. For many, the journey back to towns like Daraya in rural Damascus followed years of displacement, mov-ing between temporary shelters, overcrowded...
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Syria: Escalation in northeast Syria and MSF response
January 22, 2026Northeast Syria has recently witnessed a military escalation in Raqqa, Deir ez Zor, and Hassakeh governorates, where Médecins Sans Frontières operates, exposing civilians to renewed insecurity, forcing them to flee their homes in Tabqa, Raqqa, Hassakeh and other parts of...
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Syria: Addressing people’s medical needs in Dara’a
December 19, 2025Damascus, Syria- Twelve months after the fall of Bashar Al-Asad’s government, people and communities in southern Syria now have more options to access healthcare, as teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working in this part of the country for the...
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Battling the ghost of torture in Syria
August 27, 2025In 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...
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MSF expands support responding to unmet needs in Syria
July 31, 2025The 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...
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