Syrian Arab Republic: IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and Funding

Syrian Arab Republic - IFRC Appeals provides humanitarian funding data for emergency and disaster response operations managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The dataset tracks financial requests for large-scale Emergency Appeals and smaller Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations within Syria. It is maintained by the IFRC secretariat and reflects ongoing humanitarian interventions.

Use Cases

• Analyzing humanitarian funding trends for Syria based on appeal types (Emergency vs DREF)
• Comparing financial requirements for large-scale disasters against medium-sized events in the region
• Tracking the historical frequency of IFRC disaster response activations within the country

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC secretariat
• Covers both large-scale Emergency Appeals and smaller DREF allocations
• Released under the CC-BY-IGO license for humanitarian and intergovernmental use

Limitations

• Unknown record count and schema details in the provided metadata
• Geographic scope is restricted to the Syrian Arab Republic, requiring the global dataset for regional comparisons

Provenance

Source

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Collection Method

Administrative records from the IFRC secretariat

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026, indicating active maintenance of humanitarian records.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic