Nearly two-thirds of Syria's population — over 16 million people — still require humanitarian assistance amid ongoing crises, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
"Humanitarian needs in Syria remain critically high: 16.5 million people, or nearly two-thirds of the population, continue to need support," OCHA stated.
Education has been particularly hard-hit, with 2.5 million children out of school and 40% of facilities non-operational. Unexploded ordnance contaminating vast areas poses a persistent danger, claiming 21 lives and injuring over 60 in November alone — half of them children.
OCHA is closely monitoring conditions following the ceasefire in Aleppo, where recent clashes led to shelling in several neighborhoods and fresh waves of displacement.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti