The UN office said that humanitarian agencies will need $397.6 million to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs over the next three months.
He pointed to the worst damage in the northwest, where more than 4.2 million people were affected in Aleppo, and three million people in Idlib, and more than 7,400 buildings were completely or partially destroyed, and water, electricity, heating and social services are under severe pressure, which threatens the spread of transmitted diseases. With water, especially amid the continuing outbreak of cholera, limited health care and fuel shortages.
OCHA added in a statement that the United Nations continues to expand the scope of cross-border aid operations, which resumed on February 9 after a temporary interruption that lasted three days due to the earthquake, and 58 trucks crossed from Turkey to Syria through the Bab crossing.