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- On March 6, 2026, Ayaki Ito, UNHCR Director of Emergency and Programme Support, declared the Middle East crisis a major humanitarian emergency requiring immediate regional response.
- Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, triggering wider hostilities that expanded into Israel-Hezbollah clashes and Lebanon strikes causing displacements.
- UN agency data show more than 330,000 people were forcibly displaced recently, while the affected regions already host nearly 25 million refugees and IDPs; WHO is stepping up disease surveillance in Lebanon amid concerns about water and sanitation.
- On Thursday, the Israeli army urged near-complete evacuation of Beirut's southern suburb and the Bekaa, affecting more than 100 towns, while the United Nations demanded investigations into fatal strikes.
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is fully mobilized, preparing teams and supplies as officials warn the war risks spreading and disrupting Strait of Hormuz traffic and Kurdistan oil production.
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The UN Secretary General denounces "all illegal attacks in the Middle East" that "are causing enormous suffering and harm to the civilian population," while the U.S. is preparing to deploy a third aircraft carrier near Iran, according to FoxThe U.S. investigation points to the "probable" responsibility of its Army in the massacre of 168 people in the Iranian school of girls UN UN alerts to an "out-of-control spiral." Meanwhile, U.S. and Israel b…
Gilad Erdan calls UN chief 'irrelevant' after remarks on Iran strikes
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns of escalation after strikes on Iran, prompting former Israeli UN ambassador Gilad Erdan to accuse him of irrelevance: The UN has become a collaborator of dictators.
As Israel continues its bombings in Lebanon, in the south of the country, Ghanaian peacekeepers were seriously injured in a missile attack on a position of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Final).
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned today that military escalation across the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region is spreading "beyond anyone's control."
The situation caused by "all illegal attacks" in the Middle East and beyond the risk of becoming uncontrollable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday, under conditions where a missile attack seriously hurt two Hungarian soldiers from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
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