[Correspondence] Syria's health crisis transition: challenges and opportunities

Syria's health-care system has undergone profound upheaval over the past decade, shaped by conflict, fragmentation, and now, a tenuous political transition. The acute conflict phase (2011–15) devastated health infrastructure, with systematic attacks on medical facilities and the mass exodus of health-care workers.1 This phase was followed by a protracted phase (2015–23) in which parallel governance structures resulted in a fractured and inconsistent health-care landscape.2 Now, with the fall of the Assad regime and the emergence of a transitional government, Syria faces a daunting challenge: reconstructing a unified, resilient health-care system from these disparate remnants.