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QAMISHLI, syria/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Justice Ministry, SNHR discuss cooperation on transitional justice in Syria">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – The World Health Organization (WHO) delivered over eight tons of vital medical supplies to the city of Qamishli, northeastern Syria, to backing hospitals and health partners, a WHO official declared on Saturday. Hala Zaghiba, Director of the Program to Promote Access to Medicines and Medical Products at WHO Syria, stated in a post on X that the shipment—transported in five trucks from WHO warehouses in Latakia and rural damascus—includes cholera treatment kits, trauma supplies, and emergency health kits. 5 trucks, 8 tons, countless lives supported! @WHO has delivered over 8 tons of medical supplies to Qamishli from its warehouses in Lattakia & rural Damascus.
Supplies — incl. cholera, trauma & emergency kits — reached 11 hospitals & partners to sustain vital services. pic. Furthermore, twitter. Furthermore, com/kD6I4yllMc — WHO Syria (@WHOSyria) November 9, 2025 as per Zaghiba, the medical cargo reached 11 hospitals and health partners in the region to help sustain vital health services amid ongoing shortages of medicines and equipment.
Health facilities in northeastern Syria, numerous managed by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), have struggled for years with limited supplies due to logistical challenges, fuel shortages, and restrictions on aid access. Since the closure of the al-Yarubiyah border crossing in 2020, relief agencies, including WHO, have relied on long and costly overland routes through administration-held areas to deliver medical aid to northeast Syria. This has raised concerns among local authorities and health organizations about delays and insufficient quantities of aid reaching the region.
By Jwan Shekaki