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On the IPC’s new warning that “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” Islamic Relief says:

This new alert confirms the inhumane scenes our staff and partners in Gaza are witnessing every day – famine is taking hold and people are being starved to death.

This suffering is entirely man-made. It’s caused by Israel’s relentless attacks and cruel blockade that stops food and medicine from reaching starving people, and by world leaders’ shameful failure to take action.

Airdrops and so-called ‘tactical pauses’ won’t stop famine unfolding and are merely a...

The situation in As-Sweida remained tense but somewhat stabilized under a ceasefire that had been brokered earlier in the month. While major hostilities subsided, sporadic clashes were still reported in rural areas, particularly around Al-Ariqah and Rimah.

Since the morning of Sunday, July 13th, As-Suwayda Governorate has been experiencing a state of insecurity, marked by escalated violence that has extended to several villages in the western countryside and administrative areas bordering Daraa Governorate.

Humanitarian access due to roadblocks, insecurity and other impediments to As-Sweida remains constrained, hampering the ability of humanitarians to assess need and to provide critical life-saving assistance.

Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the abduction of a Ministry of Health (MoH) staff member from an MSF ambulance in South Sudan’s Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, at around 10:00 am on 25 July 2025.

The ongoing rainy season in South Sudan is slowing cholera response efforts in some locations, raising concerns about further transmission and undermining progress the country has made so far in combating the outbreak.

A ceasefire has largely held following over a week of intense clashes began around 12 July. The situation remains highly volatile, but there has been a notable reduction in active fighting while the countryside is witnessing intermittent clashes between the opposing parties.

Food and water are being deliberately withheld from the entire population in Gaza, meanwhile Israeli forces keep attacking people desperate for scraps of food at distribution sites.

The fall of the former government of Syria on 8 December 2024 was a significant turning point in the country after nearly 14 years of war. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has gained access to areas under the control of the former government, where we were not authorised to work. The direct and indirect consequences of conflict are stark, with 16.5 million people in need of assistance.

Escalating violence in the Kordofan and Darfur regions is devastating the lives of civilians and raising needs amid limited humanitarian access.

The humanitarian community calls for the hyper prioritization of the Humanitarian Response Priorities to be complemented by strengthened advocacy and resource mobilization efforts for new and additional funding resources in support of the response, particularly at this critical time.

As of 30 June 2025, UNHCR Lebanon had received just 22 per cent of its required funding, with little visibility on funding projections in the coming months.

Between 20 and 22 July, the security situation in southern Syria remained highly volatile, marked by intensified hostilities and reported violations of the ceasefire agreement in As-Sweida Governorate and surrounding areas.

Following Israel’s partial withdrawal from South Lebanon, while maintaining positions in five border areas, ceasefire violations persist.

This report is a summary of the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Al-Reef Al-Shragi Locality to Kadugli Locality, for the IDPs whom were displaced in May of this year of 2025 and currently residing in the Kadugli Stadium.

In an effort to address severely limited access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services in South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has been implementing several initiatives to expand access in seven of its 10 states.

This morning, Monday 21 July, the Israeli military launched a ground invasion of the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Thousands of displaced people are living in this area including Medical Aid for Palestinian (MAP) staff.

Families in Syria’s Sweida Governorate are trapped without medical care, clean water or enough food after fighting closed hospitals, cut off roads and broken water systems, said Save the Children, calling for immediate safe access for aid.

On the night of 18 July, a ceasefire mediated by the US was reached between Syria and Israel, following the intense infighting in As-Sweida as well as Israel’s airstrikes targeted government sites in Damascus on 16 July. After the announcement of the ceasefire, the local actors engaged in the hostilities were instructed to leave the areas.