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Four Theaters

H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T

Four Theaters of Humanitarian Operation

Northern Syria and Turkey
Eastern Syria and Iraq

T U R K E Y

Sea

Western Syria and Lebanon

I R A N

ed
ite
rra
nea
n

S Y R I A
LEBANON

I R A Q

Southern Syria and Jordan

The status of the

Gaza Strip is a final
status issue to be
resolved through
negotiations.

19 9 4 Tre aty Line

GOLAN HEIGHTS*
(Israeli-occupied)

West
Bank*

J O R D A N

Gaza
Strip

ISRAEL

1949 Armistice Line

EGYPT
*Israeli-occupied with
current status subject to
Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement;
permanent status to be
determined through
further negotiations.
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

Unclassified

S A U D I

A R A B I A

Conflicts Without Borders refers to a conflict in

one country that draws in other governments
and non-state actors, exacerbates stresses and
conflict in the neighboring countries, and
generates displacement across borders.

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Tigris River

Regional Overview

T U R K E Y

T U R K E Y

Gaziantep

Al Qamishli

Dahuk

I R A N

Ras al Ayn
Reyhanl

Aleppo

Sea

Border crossing
International boundary
Road

Erbil

Ar Raqqah

Idlib

As Sulaymaniyah

Maarrat an Numan
Latakia

ed
ite
rra
nea
n

Mosul

Al Hasakah

Ayn al Arab
(Kobane)

Areas of influence
Asad regime
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)
Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL)
Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN)
Kurdish-controlled
Moderate opposition
Contested

Kirkuk

Dayr az Zawr
Hamah
Homs
Al Qusayr

Tripoli

S Y R I A

s
Euphr ate

LEBANON

Buhayrat
ar Razazza

Beirut

Tyre
1949 Armistice
Line

GOLAN HEIGHTS*
(Israeli-occupied)

Dar'a

ISRAEL

Bank*
Jerusalem
Gaza
Strip
1949 Armistice
Line

The status of the

Gaza Strip is a final
status issue to be
resolved through
negotiations.
*Israeli-occupied with
current status subject to
Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement;
permanent status to be
determined through
further negotiations.

Az Zarqa
Amman

Dead
Sea

Karbala
Al Hillah

Syria
10,803,500 total people in need, including 6,455,000 internally
3,216,949 Syrian refugees, including 163,275 Syrian refugees

An Najaf

Al Kut

Ad Diwaniyah

registered in Egypt and North Africa (September 2014, UNHCR)

440,000 Palestinians in need, in Syria (September 2014, UNRWA)

56,348 Palestinian refugees from Syria, in Lebanon and Jordan

As Samawah
s
Euphr ate

(September 2014, UNRWA)

An Nasiriyah

Ma`an

Iraq
1,725,432 Iraqi IDPs (September 2014, IOM)
103,000 Iraqi refugees in Turkey (September 2014, UNHCR)
*People in need is defined by the UNSakaka
OCHA as host families, returnees, local
communities in need, and IDPs

Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

Unclassified

Baghdad

NOTE: UNHCR refugee figures combine those registered and those awaiting
`Ar`ar
registration

J O R DAN

Areas of influence are

estimated geographic areas
where a government or
non-state armed group is
dominant or control is
contested and exclude areas of
minimal population. These
areas are changing and reflect
the situation as of:
`Amarah
AugustAl20,
2014 (Iraq)
September 5, 2014 (Syria)

Number of people in need*, by country of origin

Mafraq
displacedAlpersons
(IDPs) (June 2014, UN OCHA)

1994 Tre a ty Line

Tel AvivYafo West

Ilam

I R A Q

Damascus

Sidon

ris
Tig

Tartus

Displacement
Syrian refugee site
Syrian IDP site
Iraqi IDP site

Al Basrah

S A U D I
A R A BI A

Sources: IOM, Relief Web, UNHCR, UN OCHA, UNRWA, USAID/OTI, U.S. Department of State

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Northern Syria

H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T

Northern Syria
and
Turkey
Displaced
Syrians
in Turkey
Displacement
Syrian refugee site
Syrian IDP site
Iraqi IDP site
Violence

Syrian refugees in Turkey

Border crossing
Humanitarian hub
Aid dispersal
Governorate boundary
International boundary
Road

Areas of influence
Asad regime
Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL)
Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN)
Kurdish-controlled
Moderate opposition
Contested

Registered
outside of
camps

Awaiting
registration
16%
21%

61%

Adyaman
Kahramanmaras

Syrians in need, by Syrian governorate

Total
1,029,500

Registered
in camps

Source: UNHCR, as of 9/29/2014

T U R K E Y

Latakia
Ar Raqqah
Al Hasakah
Dayr az Zawr
Idlib
Halab

363,500
490,000
582,000
711,000
1,117,000
Tigris

July-Sept 2014
UN cross-border aid delivered
through Bab al-Salam crossing

Ayn al Arab
(Kobane)

Eu

Syrian IDPs
Residents

2,575,000

Source: UN OCHA, as of 8/26/2014

March 2014
UN humanitarian aid delivered
through Al Qamishli crossing

Sept 19-Oct 8, 2014

ISIL offensive drives at least
170,000 Syrians to Turkey

Gaziantep

Osmaniye

Displaced Syrians, by provinceNorthern Syria and Turkey

Al Qamishli

Ra's al 'Ayn

ph

Al Hasakah

ra

te

Reyhanl

Aleppo

Idlib

July-Sept 2014
UN humanitarian aid delivered
through Bab al-Hawa crossing

Ariha

Latakia

Al Hasakah

2012-2014
Regime airstrikes and aerial
bombing of opposition areas

Sinjar Mtn.
Ar Raqqah

Halab
Buhayrat
al Asad

ISIL stronghold
Ar Raqqah

Ongoing, intense fighting between

regime and opposition groups

Idlib

Latakia
Muhradah

Hamah

S Y R I A
Homs

Tartus
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

Aug-Sept 2014
Humanitarian airdrops for
Yezidi population; airstrikes
against ISIL

I R A Q
Dayr az Zawr

Dayr az Zawr

Hamah

Tartus

Unclassified

August 2014
ISIL gains drive thousands of Iraqi
refugees into Al Hasakah

Areas of influence are estimated

geographic areas where a government
or non-state armed group is dominant
or control is contested and exclude
areas of minimal population. These
areas are changing and reflect the
situation as of:
August 20, 2014 (Iraq)
September 5, 2014 (Syria)

Sources: IOM, Relief Web, UNHCR, UN OCHA, UNRWA, USAID/OTI, U.S. Department of State

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Western and Southern Syria

Southern Syria and Jordan

H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T

Western Syria and Lebanon

T U R K E Y

Syrians in need, by Syrian governorate

Latakia
Tartus
Hamah
Homs
Idlib

363,500
472,500
Syrian IDPs
533,000
Residents
748,000
1,117,000
1,654,000
2,575,000

Damascus
Countryside

Halab

July-Sept 2014
UN humanitarian aid
delivered through
Bab al-Salam crossing

Halab

Source: UN OCHA, as of 8/28/2014

Aleppo

Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Total
1,191,992

98%

Latakia

Registered
outside of camps

Ma'arrat an Nu'man

S Y R I A

Latakia

Source: UNHCR, as of 9/26/2014

Predominately Alawite
population, IDPs moved
into less affected areas

Hamah

Tartus
Tartus

l ley

Sectarian clashes related to

Syria, Hizbollah stronghold

Al Qusayr

Va

Sectarian clashes
related to Syria Tripoli

Aarsal

Hamah

August 2014
Regime recaptures city
from opposition

August 2014
Syrian opposition engages
Lebanese army
Regime fights opposition

LEBANON
Sidon
Tyre

Damascus

June 2014
Intense fighting over Yarmouk
Palestinian refugee camp

Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

Unclassified

regime and opposition groups

September 2014
JAN holds and releases
UN peacekeepers

Al Qunaytirah
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
(Israelioccupied)

Moderate opposition
Contested

Jasim

Ash
Shajarah

Border crossing
Humanitarian hub
Aid dispersal
Governorate boundary
International boundary
Road

Damascus
Countryside

Dara
As Suwayda

Irbid

Least conflict-affected governorate;

home of Druze population
As Suwayda'

Dar`a

Al Mafraq

Jarash

Za'atari, largest Syrian

refugee camp

Nablus
Az Zarqa'

Syrian refugees in Jordan

Amman

Wes t
B ank*

Homs

Areas of influence are estimated

geographic areas where a
government or non-state armed
group is dominant or control is
contested and exclude areas of
minimal population. These areas
are changing and reflect the
situation as of:
August 20, 2014 (Iraq)
September 5, 2014 (Syria)

Intense fighting; remains

under opposition influence

`Ajlun

As Salt

S Y R I A

September 2014
Dara-Ramtha
UN cross-border aid

Tasil

Drought and refugee

demand depleting aquifer

Madaba

Registered
in camps

16%
84%

1994 Treaty Line

Dead
Sea

J O RDAN
Al Karak

*Israeli-occupied with
current status subject to
Israeli-Palestinian Interim
Agreement; permanent
status to be determined
through further
negotiations.

Total
619,163
Registered
outside of camps

Source: UNHCR, as of 9/29/2014

Syrians in need, by Syrian governorate

1949 Armistice Line

Damascus

Damascus
Countryside

Damascus Continual fighting between

Damascus

Kurdish-controlled

2013
Regime and Hizbollah engage opposition;
regime regains control

Qalamoun
Mountains 2013-2014

Beirut

Areas of influence
Asad regime
Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL)
Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN)

LEBANON

May 2014
Regime gains control

Homs

Be
ka

ed
it
er
ran
e a n

S e a

2%
Awaiting
registration

2012-2014
Regime airstrikes and
aerial barrel bombing
Idlib of opposition areas

Idlib

Displacement
Syrian refugee site
Syrian IDP site
Refugee concentration
in Lebanon
Violence

Al Qunaytirah
As Suwayda'
Dar'a

87,000
133,500

Damascus
Countryside

517,000
Maan

Syrian IDPs
Residents
1,654,000

Source: UN OCHA, as of 8/28/2014

Sources: IOM, Relief Web, UNHCR, UN OCHA, UNRWA, USAID/OTI, U.S. Department of State

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Eastern Syria

H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T

Eastern Syria and Iraq

March 2014
UN humanitarian aid delivered
through Al Qamishli crossing

T U R K E Y

Silopi

Al Qamishli

Sanlurfa

Dahuk

Ra's al 'Ayn

Jarabulus

Syrian Kurdish
heartland
Ar Raqqah
Buhayrat
al Asad

Sinjar Mtn.

Al Hasakah
Euph

S Y R I A
Homs

Mosul
Dam

Al Hasakah

Ar Raqqah

ISIL stronghold

rates

Erbil

Mosul

June 2014
ISIL gains control of
second largest city in Iraq

Aug-Sept 2014
Humanitarian airdrops for
Yezidi population, airstrikes
against ISIL

Registered
outside of
camps

42%

As Sulaymaniyah

July 2014
ISIL seizes al Omar oil field
Dayr az Zawr

I R A Q

Amerli

Areas of influence
Asad regime
Iraqi Security Forces
(ISF)
Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL)
Kurdish-controlled
Contested
Border crossing
Dam
Governorate
boundary
International
boundary
Road

Tikrit

Total
213,019

Haditha
Dam

Registered inside
camps

June-July 2014
ISIL captures city
from Iraqi forces
Ba`qubah

Ilam

Jan-June 2014
ISIL captures city from Iraqi forces

Syrians in need, by Syrian governorate

Baghdad
Fallujah
Fallujah
Dam

Tig
ri

tes

ra

Source: UN OCHA, as of 8/28/2014

Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

2,575,000

Ar Ramadi

ph

Syrian IDPs
Residents

Areas of influence are estimated

geographic areas where a
government or non-state armed
group is dominant or control is
contested and exclude areas of
minimal population. These areas are
changing and reflect the situation
as of:
August 20, 2014 (Iraq)
September 5, 2014 (Syria)

Eu

490,000
582,000
J O R D A N 711,000

I R A N

Lake
Tharthar

1% Awaiting
registration

Unclassified

Aug-Sept 2014
Humanitarian airdrops for Turkmen
population, airstrikes against ISIL

Dayr az Zawr

Source: UNHCR, as of 9/15/2014

Ar Raqqah
Al Hasakah
Dayr az Zawr
Aleppo

June-Sept 2014
Fighting between ISIL and Iraqi
Kurdish Peshmerga forces
Kirkuk

Syrian refugees in Iraq

57%

Displacement
Syrian refugee site
Syrian IDP site
Iraqi IDP site
Violence

Aug-Sept 2014
Iraqi Yazidi refugees flee ISIL attacks

Lake
Razazza

Al Kut

Karbala'

Sources: IOM, Relief Web, UNHCR, UN OCHA, UNRWA, USAID/OTI, U.S. Department of State

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