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Lebanon at ‘breaking point’ as displacement soars and strikes intensify
The UN’s top humanitarian official warned the Security Council on Tuesday that Lebanon is facing one of its m…
The UN’s top humanitarian official warned the Security Council on Tuesday that Lebanon is facing one of its m…
The trauma of mass displacement and disruption to aid shipments throughout the world are among the devastatin…
Some 20,000 seafarers remain stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz as the war in the Middle East continue…
The United Nations has condemned two consecutive days of deadly attacks on peacekeepers serving with the UN I…
Further attacks have been reported across the Middle East as the war enters a second month, with one UN peace…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for accountability after a peacekeeper was killed in Lebanon…
Just hours after war broke out in the Middle East last month, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterr…
More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Sy…
Almost one month since Israeli and US airstrikes on Iran began, sparking a wider regional war, UN agencies an…
The war in the Middle East continues, with attacks causing further terror and suffering, deepening the humani…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the escalating Gulf war is “out of control”, urging all…
It’s day 26 of war in the Middle East. Ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran have included intensifying Israeli …
As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the international community must not lose sight of the situation in …
Since the outbreak of war on 28 February, several unique sites of cultural significance have been damaged in …
The war in the Middle East is well into its fourth week and the humanitarian emergency it has sparked continu…
More than 1,000 people have been killed and 2,584 injured in Lebanon since the start of the US-Israel war on …
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region, driving…
More than two years of unrelenting violence, displacement and loss have pushed children and young people in P…
The US and Israel must end their bombing campaign before it spirals out of control, while Iran needs to stop …
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region driving civilian casualties, …
Humanitarian needs are continuing to grow again across Gaza, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRW…
The international community must step up efforts to support Syria amid the current conflict raging in the Mid…
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region and rising humanitarian needs…
The Middle East war could cause the worst disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work since COVID, the UN Worl…
The crisis in the Middle East continues to intensify, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the re…
The widening war in the Middle East and its growing impact on civilians came under scrutiny at the UN in Gene…
The crisis in the Middle East has entered its third week, with fighting continuing across the region and huma…
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support health s…
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday called on the international community to intensify support for the Gover…
In a solidarity visit to the war-ravaged capital of Lebanon, the UN chief on Friday announced a flash humanit…
As the UN Secretary-General touched down in Beirut on Friday in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, UN age…
Rising food prices, growing displacement and disruptions to global supply routes are placing millions of peop…
Lebanon is facing a “perfect storm of unpredictable challenges” as conflict, mass displacement and dwindling …
As war continues in the Middle East, the UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a Bahrain-led resolution co…
The crisis in the Middle East continues to reverberate across the region and beyond. Oil prices have climbed …
The UN’s emergency relief chief on Wednesday condemned the “$1 billion-a-day” cost of the war in the Middle E…
As the war in the Middle East enters its twelfth day, the UN has continued to call for all parties to ensure …
Toxic “black rain” linked to strikes on oil depots, mass displacement and continuing disruption to aid supply…
The conflict in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes across the region and the humanit…
On day 10 of the war engulfing the Middle East, UN agencies on Monday reported massive displacement across th…
Lebanon has been “dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence”, the UN’s top envoy in the country warne…
The escalating war in the Middle East has heightened growing concerns about further civilian suffering and di…
Violence across the Middle East is continuing as military strikes and counter-strikes are reported in several…
On day six of the war in the Middle East, there's been no let-up in bombs, drones and rockets targeting I…
As US, Israeli and Iranian strikes continued for a fifth day, a top Human Rights Council probe warned on Wedn…
Violence in the Middle East is continuing into a fifth day, with US and Israeli strikes against Iran and Iran…
On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence and instabil…
Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a fourth day, with US and Israeli military strikes against …
The UN Security Council is convening in New York under extraordinary circumstances: amid escalating conflict …
Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a third day as coordinated US and Israeli strikes against I…
As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by the bombing of Iran by …
The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military…