At least 720 UN aid trucks crossed into northwestern Syria since the Feb.6 earthquake rocked the opposition-held region, a local relief group said on Monday.
The Syria Response Coordinators Team said in a report that the first entry of the convoys after the earthquake was on February 9, that is, 72 hours after the earthquake.
The relief team added that the last batch arrived in northwestern Syria on March 11, noting that the incoming trucks were distributed through the three border crossings, "586 trucks from Bab al-Hawa crossing, 110 trucks from Bab al-Salamah crossing, and 24 from al-Raee crossing."
The report stated that 180 trucks were sent by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sent 86 trucks, the Food and Agriculture Organization sent 1 truck, the World Health Organization WHO sent 25 trucks, the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA sent 2 trucks, and the World Food Program WFP sent 400 truck, and the United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF sent 26 truck.
Despite the flow of humanitarian aid to the regions of northwestern Syria, some sectors are witnessing a noticeable decline in the humanitarian response operations in the region, most notably "the delay in fully resolving the shelter problem in the region, with the increase in the number of displaced persons in shelter centers and random gatherings, and the difficulty of securing a shelter that achieves a kind of independence for the displaced." , according to the response team.
Most of the housing units have very narrow areas that do not exceed 45 meters, and they are unable to accommodate large families, in addition to the lack of privacy for families due to the close proximity of the housing units to each other.
"The crisis of moving rubble in the area and the spread of many cracked or collapsing buildings in the area, which made it a source of great danger to the civilian population," says the response team.
The team said the crisis of securing hospital imports, which is witnessing a clear decrease in its reserves, This has caused many medical points and hospitals to completely deplete their capacity, with a significant weakness in the compensation processes.
Syria’s uprising turned into a civil war that started in 2011 that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. More than 80% of Syrians now live in poverty, leaving much of the population dependent on humanitarian assistance.
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