Lebanon + 1 more
According to authorities, since the escalation to the conflict started on 2 March, the number of people in Lebanon registered on the government’s online displacement platform continues to rise.
Fifteen years into the conflict, food insecurity is threatening many of the country's youngest. Nearly 6.4 million under-fives suffer from acute malnutrition across the northern regions.
More than 3.3 million people are struggling to find enough food, with families in the Far North, North and East regions already skipping meals, selling livestock or taking on debt just to survive.
Afghanistan + 2 more
This year, about 110,000 Afghans have returned from Iran, with roughly 1,700 each day since the onset of the conflict. We remain concerned developments in the region could trigger larger movements.
Iran + 8 more
Intensifying hostilities have triggered significant population movement, while clashes along the Afghanistan and Pakistan border have forced thousands of families to flee.
In the last 24 hours alone, nearly 60,000 people, including 18,000 children, have been newly displaced, adding to the tens of thousands already uprooted. Seven children have been killed and 38 injured.
NGOs call on national and county governments, development partners and private sector to provide resources and lifesaving interventions to prevent malnutrition, protect livelihoods and prevent deaths.
MSF is calling for a massive scale-up of lifesaving aid and unhindered access amid the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza, where lives continue to be lost due to sustained violence and aid restrictions.
As 2025 began, the humanitarian system entered a year of profound reckoning. At the start of the year, the global humanitarian community set out to assist more than 180 million people affected by conflict, climate shocks and displacement. Almost immediately, however, those ambitions collided with unprecedented budget cuts across the humanitarian system, forcing painful trade-offs, reduced...
