Despite the change of government in December 2024, the civilian population in Syria still needs significant humanitarian aid and is seeking internal stability, which still seems a long way off.
Almost a year has passed since the change of government in Syria, an event that has had and continues to have repercussions on the civilian population, with internally displaced persons lacking safe housing, and numerous returns of Syrian refugees from neighboring countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey, where they emigrated for more than a decade to flee the brutal war that began in 2011.
In these 12 months, living conditions in the country have continued to be difficult for most people; marked by internal insecurity, precarious access to healthcare, education, basic necessities, and housing.
Thanks to the support from the European Union conducted a survey on protection risks for civilians in the areas of the Hama, Idlib, and Rural Damascus governorates, during the period between June and September 2025. The results are alarming; ranging from the high number of cases of gender-based violence to child labor, early marriages, and the many people who lack access to legal documents. All of this, in a country where the presence of explosive ordnance is a constant threat to the safety and freedom of movement of civilians.
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