Syria Archives - Caritas

Stop sanctions. After 10 years of war Syria is now under the ‘bomb’ of poverty

23/03/2021 Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, News, Press Release, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

Ahead of the fifth European Union donor conference on Syria, Caritas Internationalis shed light on the situation in Syria and urges the international community to act during the conference “Church and Caritas: 10 years of humanitarian response in Syria”.

Caritas with Syrians through ten years of war, displacement and humanitarian crisis

16/03/2021 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

The closeness of Caritas with the vulnerable people of Syria has grown stronger and stronger during ten years of war. We look back at just some of the moments of Caritas’s work during ten years of war in Syria.

Caritas Syria staff Elias : “helping people while experiencing the same crisis ourselves”

12/03/2021 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

Elias Hamwi has worked as a Caritas Syria project coordinator in the eastern part of Aleppo for over three years. Here he reflects on the challenges facing Syrians and Caritas staff, who also face the struggles of life in a war-torn country.

Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina raises alarm over plight of migrants in the country

21/01/2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, Iran, Iraq, News, Pakistan, Press Release, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

As many as 3,000 migrants are struggling to survive in appalling and freezing conditions in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina and are in desperate need of adequate shelter, warm clothes, nutritious food and medical assistance.

Hard times for asylum seekers in Greece

16/03/2020 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Greece, Iran, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

There are 42,000 asylum seekers trapped on the Greek islands including Lesbos. Caritas has adapted its work to providing help to those stranded.

Caritas provides twenty water tanks in Al-Hasakah

25/10/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, News, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas workers in Al-Hasakah provide aid to displaced families who were forced from their homes by violence at the start of the military operation in early October.

Caritas reports from inside Syria

18/02/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, News, Press Release, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

While many aid agencies are pulling out of the city, Caritas Syria has started its next three-year, €4.1 million project for Aleppo, aimed at reaching 70,000 of its most vulnerable residents.

Life in Syria eight years into the war

14/02/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

Syria reaches a grim anniversary in March: eight years of civil war. After half a million deaths, with 11.6 million people forced from home, the nation is on its knees. Caritas is working inside Syria to help rebuild shattered lives.

Syria’s Share the Journey Solidarity Walk in Ghouta

21/12/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Syria by Ffion Dean

Caritas Syria walked side by side with scout groups and the secondary school students of Medaa in the destroyed streets of their village in Ghouta.

Interfaith partnership helps displaced families in Syria

20/11/2018 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Syria by Ffion Dean

The civil war in Syria forced Maram and her family to flee without any possessions. Five years later they’re still homeless and yet to return. Security has improved in the capital, Damascus, and the family’s hometown in the adjoining villages in the Ghouta countryside, but the humanitarian situation remains critical. Winter is on its way ...