Syria EM | NTL Update

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*An update of existing analysis*

· Map charts: (a) total NTL, NTL-Gas flares, NTL – Gas flares removed: first 8 months of 2024 (b) Change in total NTL, NTL-Gas flares, NTL – Gas flares removed: first 8 months of 2024 v.s. first 8 months of 2023; 2023 v.s. 2022 (lights lost, new lights, no change); ideally four zones of control could be marked in the map charts.

· Trends in nighttime lights across Syria’s 14 governorates: total NTL, NTL-Gas flares, NTL – Gas flares removed: flaring NTL should show a decrease in the northeast due to the Turkish bombing on oil infrastructure.

· Trends in Nighttime Lights across Syria-Turkey borders, including those border crossings approved for aid delivery (aR Ra’ee, Bab Al Hawa, and Bal Al-Salam. Border crossings should show a drastic decrease because since the UN’s decision to cease aid deliveries to northwest Syria in December 2023, aid trucks have almost completely stopped.