The Trust Fund to date As of September 2023 and 12 years since the Syrian war began, there are still 5.28 million registered Syrian refugees and 6.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).1 In addition to the ongoing humanitarian emergencies linked to the Syrian war, Syria and its neighbouring countries are now facing a multi-layered crisis linked to the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, and the consequences of the pandemic. The pandemic has exposed and amplified underlying inequalities within and between countries in the region. The most vulnerable – Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees, IDPs, vulnerable host communities, women, and girls - have been disproportionately affected by the crisis... 1. https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria.