The World Health Organization (WHO) warned the U.N. Security Council this week that the coronavirus pandemic could have a “catastrophic impact” on Syria, citing shortages of medicines and supplies for up to 2.1 million people in the northeastern part of the country.
Foreign Policy: WHO warns of pandemic’s ‘catastrophic impact’ on Syria
A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces of Asayesh urges children to return home, in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on April 30, 2020, following measures taken by the Kurdish-led local authorities there, to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
