IN FOCUS HIGHLIGHTS • UNHCR Responds to Mass Displacement • Safe Road Use Campaign Launched • Hope alive in IDP Camp UNHCR-SYRIA UNHCR-SYRIA UNHCR-SYRIA UNHCR SYRIA UNHCRINSYRIA Follow us: SYRIA Issue 08 of 2015 ْUNHCR Responds to the Fresh Displacement of Thousands of Families Throughout Syria UNHCR 2014 END OF YEAR REPORT “Voices from the Field” Available Now Refworld: hp://www.refworld.org/docid/54f814604.html reliefweb: hp://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/voices-field-unhcr-syria-end-year-report-2014 On 20 May the city of Palmyra was seized by ISIS causing many families to flee to the Al Quaryiten area south east of Homs. On 22 May ISIS closed all exits prevenng the inhabitants from leav- ing the city. UNHCR responded with CRIs for 7,000 individuals, in addion to holding CRIs for a further 500 people in a warehouse there as conngency stock. On 27 May, another urgent delivery of CRI family kits was sent to Al Quaryiten to serve 7,500 indi- viduals displaced from Palmyra city. In addion, UNHCR in cooperaon with its implemenng part- ner SARC has prepared a conngency plan for the potenal in- flux of people from Palmyra. So far, Core Relief Items (CRIs) for 1,500 individuals have been dispatched to Al Qutaifeh which is located on the main road towards the Homs governorate as it is considered the assembly point for IDPs fleeing the Northern areas of Rural Damascus. All families so far that have reached Al Qutaifeh have been assisted with CRIs by UNHCR. On 29 May, AOGs seized Ariha in the Idlib governorate which has a strategic locaon overseeing the main highways between Aleppo, Hama and the coastal area in Syria. The fighng in Ariha and the surrounding towns has led to a significant influx of civil- ians towards the Al Ghab area in rural Hama. UNHCR is connu- ing to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the IDPs there. Homs Tadmor Al- Quaryiten Damascus Lebanon Sab'a Biar AL_Dumayr Jabb_Ashragh Hassia Homs Furqlus Raghiba Mahin Sadd Al_Quasir An_Nabk E'qierbat Hama Jayrud Dayr_Atiyah Al_Maghrim Yabrud Al-Ruqama At_Tal Duma Ten Nor As_Salamiyeh Ma'lual Harbanifse Mesyaf Shin Rankuss Talpesa afita Ain_An_Nasr Tal_Kalakh Tall Daww Bari Al_sharqi Assal Al_Warad Hadida Saidnaya A'wag Saraghia adaja a An_Nashabya Ain_Alfija Dreikisch Al-Qabo Sabourah Badr Wadi Al-E'ion Al Qutaifeh
Inaddition,UNHCRincooperationwithits implementingpart-nerSARChaspreparedacontingencyplanforthepotentialin-fluxofpeoplefromPalmyra.Sofar,CoreReliefItems(CRIs)for1,500individualshavebeendispatchedtoAlQutaifehwhichislocatedonthemainroadtowardstheHomsgovernorateas itisconsideredtheassemblypointforIDPsfleeingtheNorthernareasofRuralDamascus.AllfamiliessofarthathavereachedAlQutaifehhavebeenassistedwithCRIsbyUNHCR.On29May,AOGs seizedAriha in the Idlib governoratewhichhasastrategiclocationoverseeingthemainhighwaysbetweenAleppo,HamaandthecoastalareainSyria.ThefightinginArihaandthesurroundingtownshasledtoasignificantinfluxofcivil-ianstowardstheAlGhabareainruralHama.UNHCRiscontinu-ingtoprovideemergencyhumanitarianassistancetotheIDPsthere.
Duringa recent visitbyUNHCR toAlKarnakIDP camp in Tartous the teammetMoham-med Amin Ahmad who was displaced fromtheKarmAl-NahhasNeighborhoodinAleppocityduetoinsecurityoverayearago.
Fearing for the livesofhiswifeand tenchil-drenhesentthemtoTartousoverayearandahalfagoandlaterjoinedthemintheAlKar-nak IDPcamp.Mohammaddescribedexitingthe neighborhood under the cover of night“likeasmuggler”soasnottobecaughtbythearmedgroupsthere.
However, despite all thisMohammed contin-ues to be optimistic and has even opened alittle business repairing household applianceswhichhasproventobeagreathelptobothin-habitantsofthecampandotherpeoplefromthearea.HewasverygratefulfortheassistanceprovidedbyUNHCRsuchasthefamilytentanditsCRIkitaswellastherecreationalandPSSac-tivitiesorganizedbyUNHCR’spartnersthathisyoungerchildrenusuallyparticipatein.
unHcR Distributes its Five Mil-lionth core Relief Item (cRI)
unHcR Participates in Inter-AgencyMission to northern Aleppo
Despite Displacement from Aleppo to tartousMohammad Remains Optimistic
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