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• UNHCR Responds toMassDisplacement

• Safe Road Use CampaignLaunched

• HopealiveinIDPCamp

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sYRIAIssue 08 of 2015

unHcR Responds to the Fresh Displacement of thousands of Families throughout syria

UNHCR2014ENDOFYEARREPORT

“Voices from the Field”AvailableNow

Refworld:http://www.refworld.org/docid/54f814604.html

reliefweb:http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/voices-field-unhcr-syria-end-year-report-2014

On20MaythecityofPalmyrawasseizedbyISIScausingmanyfamiliestofleetotheAlQuaryitenareasoutheastofHoms.On22MayISISclosedallexitspreventingtheinhabitantsfromleav-ingthecity.UNHCRrespondedwithCRIsfor7,000individuals,inadditiontoholdingCRIsforafurther500peopleinawarehousethereascontingencystock.On27May,anotherurgentdeliveryofCRIfamilykitswassenttoAlQuaryitentoserve7,500 indi-vidualsdisplacedfromPalmyracity.

Inaddition,UNHCRincooperationwithits implementingpart-nerSARChaspreparedacontingencyplanforthepotentialin-fluxofpeoplefromPalmyra.Sofar,CoreReliefItems(CRIs)for1,500individualshavebeendispatchedtoAlQutaifehwhichislocatedonthemainroadtowardstheHomsgovernorateas itisconsideredtheassemblypointforIDPsfleeingtheNorthernareasofRuralDamascus.AllfamiliessofarthathavereachedAlQutaifehhavebeenassistedwithCRIsbyUNHCR.On29May,AOGs seizedAriha in the Idlib governoratewhichhasastrategiclocationoverseeingthemainhighwaysbetweenAleppo,HamaandthecoastalareainSyria.ThefightinginArihaandthesurroundingtownshasledtoasignificantinfluxofcivil-ianstowardstheAlGhabareainruralHama.UNHCRiscontinu-ingtoprovideemergencyhumanitarianassistancetotheIDPsthere.

Homs

Tadmor

Al- Quaryiten

Damascus

Lebanon

Sab'a Biar

AL_Dumayr

Jabb_Ashragh

As_Sukhnah

Hassia

Homs

Furqlus

Raghiba

MahinSadd

Al_Quasir

An_Nabk

E'qierbatHama

Jayrud

Dayr_Atiyah

Al_Maghrim

Yabrud

Al-Ruqama

At_Tal

Duma

Ten Nor

As_Salamiyeh

Ma'lual

Harbanifse

Mesyaf

Shin

Rankuss

Talpesa

SafitaAin_An_Nasr

Tal_Kalakh

Tall Daww

Bari Al_sharqi

Assal Al_Warad

Hadida

Saidnaya

A'wag

Saraghia

Madaja

QatanaAn_Nashabya

Ain_Alfija

Dreikisch

Al-Qabo

Sabourah

Sheikh Badr Wadi Al-E'ion

Al Qutaifeh

UNHCR Syria 20152

AttheendofMay,UNHCRreachedanothermilestonewhenitdistributeditsfivemillionthCRIin2015.AsofstartofJune5,229,392CRIshadbeendispatchedto1,184,230 beneficiar-ies,despitethemanychallengessuchasinsecurityfacedonadailybasisbyUNHCRstaff.

On04June,UNHCRparticipatedinanInter-Agency(IA)crossmissiontothevillagesofKafrHamraandMaaretAlArtiq,located10kmawayfromAleppocityandcontrolledbyAOGs.UNHCR’scontributionwasCoreReliefItemsfor5,000individuals.

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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UNHCRVisitingAlKarnakIDPcampinTartous

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UNHCR Syria 20153

safe Road use campaign launched by unHcR

ThisyearaspartoftheUNDecadeofActionforRoadSafety,UNHCRSyriaparticipatedinthecampaign“VisionZero”onsaferoaduselaunchedon10June2015.ThecampaignraisesawarenessandunderlinestheactionsthatshouldbetakentopreventroadcrashesandensuresafetyofUNHCRstaffontheroadandthesuccessofUNHCRoperations,ef-fectivenessandreputationwithgovernments,partners,andthelocalcommunity.Thecampaigncomprisesworkshopsandmaterialhighlightingsaferoadusetogetherwithactivitiesimbeddingsaferoadusefirmlyintheoperations.

TheUNHCRSafeRoadUseCampaignisthebeginningofalong-termstrategicefforttoreducethenumberandimpactofroadcrashesinvolvingUNHCRstaffandallpeoplewithwhomitworks.ThiscampaignisespeciallywelcomedinSyriabecauseon28July2014,aUNArmoredVehiclewhichwasreturningfromamissioninAleppowasinvolvedinanac-cidentseveralkilometerspastNabekonthewaytoDamascus,asaresultofabursttyre.Thecarflippedoverseveraltimes,resultedinthesaddeathofoneoftheUNfamilymemberswhowaswellknownandwelllikedamongstallhisUNcolleaguesandissadlymissed.

Moreinformationaboutthecampaigncouldbefoundat:dev-saferoaduse.unhcr.org/

Globally, road crashes constitute the 8th biggest cause of death and are the leading killer of 15-29 year olds. More than 1.24 million people lose their lives and another 50 million are injured on the world’s roads every year. Half of those killed are pedes-trians, cyclists and motorcyclists.

UNHCR Syria 20154

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