Following the recent escalation in hostilities since 27 November, the humanitarian situation in Northwest (NWS) and Northeast Syria (NES) has continued to deteriorate exponentially as ongoing fighting continues to rage and consequently displace tens of thousands of civilians and disrupt already inadequate and underfunded critical humanitarian responses.
This displacement includes significant movement from Aleppo governorate to NES, particularly from the town of Tel Rafaet with thousands of people entering NES through Internal Crossing Points (ICPS) In Tabqa, Ar-Raqqa governorate. Currently, thousands more are travelling across Northern Syria and expected to arrive in Ar-Raqqa governorate in the coming days as the true picture of this latest humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region unfolds.
One the families who has already arrived in Ar-Raqqa city is Ibraheem’s, photographed below with his wife and two young children. Ibraheem who is from Afrin in northern Aleppo is no stranger to conflict related displacement having previously been displaced in 2018, and now he and his family find themselves in Ar-Raqqa, again seeking comparative safety away from the conflict.
Ibraheem described to DCA staff the journey he and his family had just undertaken to reach safety.
“We travelled for two days. We slept in open fields with little food and water. On the road, an old man in our group died because he couldn’t handle the stress of the missile strikes and the horrors we witnessed”Ibraheem
Now in Ar-Raqqa, Ibraheem and his family are facing new challenges, living in collective tents, where up to 30 families are living together.
“We need a separate tent for each family, and we need food. My children don’t have a home, warm clothes, or access to school.”
