VIDEO: Syria's bus kitchen provides food for thousands of internally displaced

By any measure, the humanitarian situation in Syria has worsened since the beginning of 2015. As 2016 begins, humanitarian needs have reached a record high and continue to grow at a staggering rate. An estimated 13.52 million people, including six million children, are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance and protection.  

Six and a half million people, including 2.8 million children, are displaced within Syria and 4.2 million are registered refugees in neighbouring countries and north Africa. On average, since 2011, 50 Syrian families have been displaced every hour of every day. The pace of displacement remains relentless. 

Well over 1.2 million people have been displaced so far this year, many for the second or third time. Increasing numbers of civilians are fleeing and are prepared to risk their lives to reach Europe.

Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, Syria has witnessed significant challenges in the humanitarian and security situation across the country, an increase in the targeting of civilian infrastructure, and a marked increase in internal displacement.