Humanitarian

UK organizes emergency medical teams for Southern Syria with UN help. (Suwayda Governorate - Telegram)

British Government provides urgently needed aid for Suwayda victims

6 August 2025. The UK pledged £1.7 million ($2.2 million) in emergency aid for over 85,000 Syrians displaced by violence in Suwayda. Mobile medical teams will be deployed to affected towns and remote villages, through UK partnerships with humanitarian organizations, including the UN, which will supply medicines, food, and clean water. With the official resumption of UK-Syria diplomatic ties in July, the UK committed large sums to Syria’s recovery.Read more at: ENAB BALADI

Joint UN Mission arrives in Suwayda along with 40 truckloads of aid. (ENAB BALADI)

Desperately needed humanitarian support for Suwayda organized by UN

1 August 2025. UN agencies arrived in Suwayda to provide aid and assess the humanitarian needs of masses of people displaced in the recent conflicts. In partnership with local and international humanitarian organizations, the aid convoy brought 40 truckloads of food, fuel, shelter materials, medical, hygiene and other critical supplies. Syria’s Justice Ministry formed a committee to investigate the unrest and move toward accountability.Read more at: ENAB BALADI

Syria’s search for missing persons is one of its most urgent humanitarian concerns. (IIMP Syria on UN News)

UN praises Syria’s moves to reveal the fate of missing persons and tackle human rights violations of previous regime

27 June 2025. Syria’s interim authorities have formed two national bodies to trace over 100,000 individuals who went missing under Assad and to address systemic abuse. UN Commission Chair Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro observed that recent attacks, since March 2025, were “in part a response to five decades of systematic crimes…” He praised President al-Sharaa’s commitment to hold accountable all those responsible and to restore confidence in state institutions. Read more at: UN NEWS

UN’s Najat Rochdi hails Syria’s move to hold parliamentary elections in briefing to Security Council. (UN TV video still on SANA website)

UN welcomes Syria’s plans for People’s Assembly elections

18 June 2025. Syria’s formation of a Supreme Electoral Committee—announced by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa—was welcomed by UN Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi who called it “the next vital step in the political transition.” She and other UN officials called for international support of the new government, coping with vast humanitarian and other challenges in this fragile but pivotal phase of recovery. Read more at: SANA

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks in Vienna on June 18, 2025, describing recent joint efforts with Syria as “a new beginning” in bilateral cooperation. (Photo: SANA)

Syria and the International Atomic Energy Agency forge a new chapter in nuclear and humanitarian cooperation

9 June 2025. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announces that recent developments between Syria and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mark a “new beginning” in their cooperation. Speaking at the Agency’s Governors’ Council in Vienna, he calls Syria’s decision to grant full and unrestricted access to nuclear sites “an important step towards enhancing transparency and building mutual trust.” He also confirms the signing of agreements under the “Atoms for Food” and “Hope Radiation” initiatives, which aim to enhance humanitarian and technical support in areas such as agriculture, nutrition, and cancer care.Read more at: SANA

Rebuilding Syria

For peacefully protesting against the dictatorship, the Syrian people lived in terror of endless war and repression… and its population became increasingly impoverished, with large sections of cities destroyed and lying in ruins… The new leaders quickly began to establish the rule of law and an environment of freedom for all Syrian peoples… demonstrating a strong will to reconstruct the nation as a democratic state that respects human rights, seeks unity among the diversity of peoples, and is committed to the common good.

New Face of Syria