An escalation of violence in Sweida, southern Syria, displaced more than 190,000 people and severely disrupted the delivery of basic services, in addition to the death of civilians. As a response, the EU swiftly released additional €250,000 through the IFRC/Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and €1.35 million through NGO partners. These allocations helped address the most urgent hygiene, health, protection, and emergency items needed.
During the same period, a series of wildfires broke out across Lattakia and Tartus governorates in northwestern Syria, destroying around 1,500 hectares of land, affecting an estimated 8,500 people, and displacing more than 1,100.