Civil defense teams responded to 132 incidents resulting from a winter storm that hit Syria on Thursday in the governorates of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Tartus, Hama, Homs, Damascus, and Damascus countryside, according to a post from Levant 24 on X shared during the reporting window from 1:15 AM to 2:45 AM UTC on January 3, 2026. Responses included opening drainage channels, diverting rainwater away from shelters, and clearing snow in refugee camps to reduce weather-related risks to displaced families, as stated in the Levant 24 post over the past 90 minutes. The efforts targeted multiple governorates affected by the storm, with civil defense focusing on protective measures for vulnerable populations in camps, per the report from the Syrian media account.
