By the end of the eighth year of conflict in Syria, economic losses had exceeded an estimated $442 billion. However huge, this number alone does not epitomize the suffering of a population among which 5.6 million people were registered as refugees and 6.4 million as internally displaced; 6.5 million were experiencing food insecurity; and 11.7 million were still in need of at least one form of humanitarian assistance. Covering the period 2011-2019, the report reveals that nearly 3 million children inside the country were out of school during the 2017-2018 academic year. The conflict has torn the social fabric and caused losses in human development, downgrading Syria’s status from medium human development to low human development.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/syria-war-eight-years
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Syria-at-War.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/economic-and-social-commission-western-asia-escwa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/syria
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/refugees