1. Northwestern Syria in the Time of Cholera, Earthquakes, and Environmental Degradation
- Author:
- Marwa Daoudy, Muzna Dureid, and Ethan Mayer-Rich
- Publication Date:
- 07-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Abstract:
- The February 6, 2023, earthquake originating near Gaziantep, Turkey displaced thousands of people throughout Syria’s northwest. At the same time, Syrians have had to contend with a host of other challenges, including acute poverty, water insecurity, wildfires, and disease, all of which the earthquake exacerbated. As a delicate political landscape makes delivering life-saving aid in the northwest increasingly difficult, the future of Syria’s internally displaced hangs in the balance.
- Topic:
- Environment, Health, Politics, Natural Disasters, Reform, Humanitarian Crisis, Earthquake, and Cholera
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Syria, and Levant