Hunger in Syria is a present-day crisis that has become prominent since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war and exacerbated by the country's efforts to control the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus.
The United Nations reported in 2020 that Syria faced "an unprecedented hunger crisis" as food prices had risen by 200 percent within a year[1] with "tens of thousands" at risk of famine in the north-west region of the country, described as "the worst humanitarian crisis since violence broke out in Syria nine years ago".
[3] The food shortages were exacerbated by the country's efforts to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020.
[4] By February 2021, this number was reported by the World Food Programme as being 9.3 million people, the highest amount ever recorded.
[6] As many as 100,000 - 200,000 people died from starvation in the year following the locust attack, which was the worst the country had seen for decades.