Northern Syria Security Dynamics and the Refugee Crisis Getty/Delil Souleiman/AFP
A boy watches a Turkish military convoy drive past a Syrian village on the outskirts of Tal Abyad along the border with Turkey, September 2019.
Sam Hananel
Introduction and summary
The Syrian conflict, now entering its second decade, has cost more than 500,000 lives and forced 13 million Syrian civilians to flee their homes more than half the prewar population including 6.6 million who are refugees outside the country.
1 This profound humanitarian crisis also threatens the stability of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. Moreover, the out-migration has contributed to the growth of right-wing populism across Europe and severely affected the project of European unity.
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Ehmed said a decision on whether to extend the curfew would be made on the basis of daily case numbers. “However, if the number of cases increases, the Crisis Desk will immediately extend the curfew and take corresponding measures,” she said.
The people of Rojava/AANES have no direct access to vaccines via the World Health Organization (WHO). This means the region’s population of 5 million is reliant on Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus to procure vaccines on their behalf.
“Previously there were some promises about coronavirus vaccines to be shipped directly to the Autonomous Administration regions, not through the government of Damascus,” said Ehmed. “However, these promises have not been fulfilled.”
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