The SRTF Highlights Stabilisation Efforts and Calls for Renewed Donor Engagement at D-ISIS Coalition Meeting in Berlin
Berlin – Sunday, 1 December 2024 – The SRTF Director General (DG), Eng. Hani Khabbaz participated in the D-ISIS Coalition - Stabilisation Working Group Meeting that took place on 25 November 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
In his intervention, Mr. Khabbaz outlined the Fund’s transformative efforts in Northeast Syria and highlighted the pressing need for continued donor engagement to stabilise communities liberated from Daesh. Additionally, he emphasised the SRTF’s role in supporting the return and reintegration of IDPs returning from Al-Hol Camp to their communities in the Northeast of Syria. He detailed the Fund’s multi-phase, multi-sector intervention approach, which targets returnees and communities of return and focuses on restoring essential services such as water, sanitation, health, and electricity; rehabilitating shelters for displaced families; and creating livelihood opportunities.
In that regard, the DG provided a detailed update on the recently completed Phase I of the Stabilising Communities of Return in Deir-ez-Zor Governorate, which successfully rehabilitated 1,000 houses, of which 302 houses belong to returnees from Al Hol, provided livelihood support to over 2,000 individuals, of which over 30% are returnees from Al Hol, through Cash-for-Work (CfW) activities, and supplied 850 homes with backyard and hydroponic garden kits, including 265 houses of returnees from Al Hol. The DG also informed the working group on the planning of Phase II, targeting the rehabilitation of 1,300 homes and the provision of CfW opportunities for 3,000 beneficiaries and supplying 1,000 homes with backyard and hydroponic garden kits.
Additionally, Mr Khabbaz presented the overall SRTF programmes and achievements over the past 10 years. He emphasised the SRTF’s unique status as an effective multi-donor initiative with a well-functioning and accountable governance structure that established an exceptional track record of efficiency and cost-effectiveness, with low overheads.
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