Blog: Supporting Syria And The Region: What Next?

Since the beginning of the fighting in Syria in 2011, the conflict has forced over 4.5 million Syrians to flee the country and seek refuge across the region – primarily in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Another 6.6 million people have been displaced internally. A political solution to the conflict in Syria still remains elusive, with air raids and military activities intensifying over the past weeks. Humanitarian access to 394 000 people living in besieged areas is also very difficult – and at times impossible.

Written by Patryk Pawlak.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Supporting Syria and the Region, London, 4 February 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/supporting-syria-and-the-region-london-4-february-2016/

European Commission: DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection: Syria http://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/middle-east-north-africa/syria_en

ESO: Background information: Top diplomats to meet in Munich for Syrian peace effort http://www.europeansources.info/record/top-diplomats-to-meet-in-munich-for-syrian-peace-effort/

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