UN official says Syria faces ‘one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises’; urges de-escalation, funding and reconstruction investment

Ramesh Grama Singh Khan, a United Nations official, told the assembly that Syria continues to face “one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises,” with more than 70% of the population affected and mounting needs as violence, drought and wildfires compound long‑running hardship.

Khan said clashes in parts of Aleppo earlier this month caused civilian casualties and temporary displacement, and that explosive ordnance incidents have killed and injured civilians nationwide. “Since December, more than 550 people have been killed in such incidents and over 800 more injured, nearly a third of them children,” he said.

The UN official summarized the scale of need: about 7,000,000 people remain internally displaced, including roughly 1,300,000 living in camps or similar sites; an estimated 2,400,000 children are out of school with another 1,000,000 at risk of dropping out; and “one in three schools are unusable because they have been damaged or are sheltering displaced people.” He said…