The absence of a central medical incinerator or dedicated incinerators in coronavirus centers to dispose of waste challenges the medical sector.
Ahead of the vaccination rollout, humanitarian actors warn of the risk of discriminatory practices in the distribution of the vaccine if Damascus is given free rein.
The stigma, misinformation about the virus and the reluctance to report to authorities augur a dark scenario for the overcrowded Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon.
Al-Rukban camp, a hastily put together settlement in the no-man’s land between Syria and Jordan, has been all but forgotten by the world.
Syrian refugees have been hit hard by the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.
Pictures taken inside Idlib province show how the rising COVID-19 pandemic is impacting daily life in the northwest province.
In two months, the number of COVID-19 cases in the opposition-held northwest Syria region increased from 138 confirmed cases on September to 7,500 on November.
In order to overcome challenges created by COVID-19, Violet, a local NGO in NW Syria, has created a distance learning program.
The COVID-19 caseload has sharply spiked in northeast Syria over the last month, challenging the Autonomous Administration's governance capacity.
Delayed by COVID-19, the third round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was meant to be a stepping stone towards a political solution of the civil war.
