Syria’s protracted, multi-layered crisis continued throughout 2025, driven by years of conflict and economic collapse. The political transition since 2024 added further volatility and uncertainty, alongside widespread violence and insecurity. At the same time, household purchasing power remained severely constrained, with the surging cost of living leaving families increasingly unable to meet their basic needs.

The UN estimated that around 16.5 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. Food security and nutrition remained critical concerns, with the World Food Programme reporting that 9.1 million people were food insecure. Nutritional risks for children were also severe: UNICEF reported that over 650,000 children under 5 years were chronically malnourished, with humanitarian actors warning that hundreds of thousands of children were at risk of developing severe malnutrition.

Meanwhile, reductions in funding restricted the availability of humanitarian actors to meet these needs.

In 2025, Action Against Hunger strengthened its multisectoral approach to address the deterioration of basic services, mass displacement, and highly variable humanitarian access. We provided essential emergency water supplies and municipal systems-strengthening, reaching 549,686 people.

Our primary health interventions (including mobile services) served 352,106 people, while our MHPSS support activities expanded significantly to reach 35,970 people.

Despite operational challenges, we kept key programmes running in vulnerable areas by staying flexible and working closely with local authorities to improve service continuity.

Overall, we delivered an integrated, adaptive, and large-scale response, making Action Against Hunger a key part of sustaining essential services and supporting displaced, returning, and host communities in the most-affected areas of the country.

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