Hostilities in Lebanon have further escalated with intense airstrikes reported across multiple areas north and south of the Litani River including South, Nabatieh, Beirut, Bekaa, Baalbek-El Hermel, Mount Lebanon and the North. Ground clashes have also been reported in parts of southern Lebanon.
Yemen continues to face an escalating food security crisis entring 2026, January data revealed that 63% of households nationwide struggling to meet their minimum food needs, including 36% facing severe food deprivation.
Statement issued by Helem addressed to the Lebanese government, the Disaster Risk Management Unit, and the international organizations operating within the emergency response plan.
Yemen continues to endure a severe humanitarian crisis, with millions of people grappling with widespread food insecurity and high levels of malnutrition.
Hostilities in Lebanon escalated, with intense airstrikes across multiple areas north and south of the Litani river (South, Nabatieh, Beirut, Bekaa, Baalbek-El Hermel, Mount Lebanon, and Akkar) on the 2 nd of March 2026.
With the start of Ramadan, while most items are currently available in the markets some fresh items are becoming less available showing the limitations of supply and high demand, and resultant price increases.
As part of the Syria Earthquake Emergency Appeal, CHF 6 million was made available to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in December 2024 to support the continuation of planned response and recovery activities.
In January, WFP delivered assistance to 3.5 million people, with total transfers amounting to 13,700 mt of food and USD 23 million cash-based transfers (CBT).
WFP continues to expand its plans for cash-based assistance in Gaza, with a growing proportion of beneficiaries targeted to transition from receiving in-kind food assistance to monthly digital transfers via e-wallets.
The second dekad of February 2026 is expected to remain cool, dry, and stable across most of Yemen, in line with typi-cal late-winter climatology. The continued occurrence of frost episodes is unusual, given that the winter season is usu-ally nearing its end.
Lebanon faces deep socioeconomic, political, and security crises, affecting nearly half the population. The escalation of armed conflict in late 2023 and 2024 worsened conditions, particularly for the most marginalized children and families.
Following the opening of new prospects for voluntary returns to Syria at the end of 2024, the General Security Office (GSO) waived administrative fines and the re-entry ban for refugees returning to Syria as of 1 July 2025, and UNHCR launched its facilitated Voluntary Return (VolRep) programme.
In 2025, Yemen recorded its highest levels of inadequate food consumption. July was the peak, with prevalence of population with inadequate food consumption reaching 70%, marking the worst month of the year.
Market monitoring indicates food prices are lower than before the ceasefire (early October 2025), but still higher than pre-crisis levels (September 2023).
As of 5 February, UNHCR estimates that 1,413,967 individuals have returned to Syria since 8 December 2024 while 1,712,744 internally displaced persons have returned home.
Yemen’s food security outlook remains extremely dire across all governorates, with severe challenges expected to persist through February 2026. In Government-controlled areas (GoY), recent central bank measures have briefly strengthened the Yemeni riyal and reduced food prices, but these gains appear fragile.
The situation in Aleppo, Al-Hasakeh and Ar-Raqqa governorates has largely stabilized in recent days, following the agreement announced on 30 January 2026. Active hostilities have subsided, bringing a greater sense of calm, even as localized incidents, precautionary security measures, and community concerns persist in many areas.
Lebanon continues to grapple with overlapping crises that have severely constrained recovery and heightened vulnerability. Since 2019, the country has faced a sovereign default, financial sector collapse, and triple-digit inflation, resulting in a cumulative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contraction of 40 per cent.
