Syria faces a triple crisis: WFP

Last Updated on December 15, 2024 5:59 am

The Syrian people are facing a terrible crisis after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, said Karl Schau, deputy executive director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

This information was reported by Al Jazeera on Friday (December 13).

Karl Schau warned that the Syrian people are facing a terrible crisis after the 13-year civil war, the many refugees who came from the Israel-Hezbollah war in neighboring Lebanon and the sudden fall of long-time ruler Assad.

He told the AP news agency, “It is a triple crisis. The crisis is intensifying.”

The WFP deputy executive director said that even before the current crisis, more than three million people in Syria were facing acute food shortages. But due to funding shortages, the WFP has been able to help only two-thirds.

He also said that while the situation in Syria’s second largest city, Aleppo, is “relatively calm and orderly,” Damascus is still in chaos. The market system there has not yet returned to normal, the currency has depreciated, and food prices are rising.

In a surprise attack lasting just 12 days, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and some other rebel groups took control of the capital Damascus on December 8. In the resulting situation, President Bashar al-Assad, who had been in power for 24 years, fled the country by plane.

This ended the 53-year rule of the Assad family. The Syrian people are celebrating the fall of the tyrannical dictator. A new government has already taken office. Syrians hope that this government will bring peace and stability to the country.