Coronavirus Crisis in North & East Syria: Briefing by Rojava Information Center

Nine years of war, systematic targeting of health and water infrastructure by occupying Turkish forces, lack of international recognition, and the January 2020 closure of the only UN aid crossing into North and East Syria (NES) have left the autonomous region at extreme risk from coronavirus. With the World Health Organization (WHO) refusing to support it directly, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) is reliant on its own meagre resources and aid routed via the Assad government, little of which ever arrives to the north-east.

Download the report in PDF: https://rojavainformationcenter.com/2020/04/coronavirus-crisis-in-north-and-east-syria-briefing/