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The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to worsen amid conflict, economic collapse, and climate shocks, with women and girls disproportionately affected.

Over the past 48 hours, Israel has significantly escalated its military posture in southern Syria. Confirmed Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple locations in Sweida governorate, specifically the areas of Walgha, Mazraa, Najran, and Thaala, targeting Syrian government-aligned forces assets and buildings.

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...

Under the joint chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister and UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) Steering Committee convened on the 24th of July 2025 at the Grand Serail.

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.

On 28 July 2025, heavy rain and floods across Fangoga Alshargia village in Ar Rahad locality, North Kordofan reportedly displaced 110 households.

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.

Airdrops are ineffective and dangerous and will force people to risk their lives for food, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.

Since late February, political instability and rising hostilities between armed groups in South Sudan have led to fresh clashes, particularly in Upper Nile state. This has caused a large influx of people to flee South Sudan to Sudan.

The city of Mukalla, capital of Yemen’s eastern coastal province of Hadhramaut, has been gripped by a surge of angry protests since the evening of July 27, 2025, as rolling blackouts, soaring temperatures, and total service collapse push residents to the brink.

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.

In response to a temporary humanitarian pause to allow aid into Gaza, Save the Children warns that only a permanent and unconditional ceasefire can truly save children’s lives.

Escalating Casualties and Displacement in Gaza: Israeli military operations in Gaza led to a significant loss of civilian lives, with targeted strikes on residential areas, displacement tents, and aid distribution points resulting in numerous fatalities and injuries, including women and children.

Sweida Governorate was engulfed in intense inter-communal violence, marked by significant territorial gains by Bedouin/tribal forces and retaliatory actions, despite multiple ceasefire declarations and efforts to stabilize the situation.

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.

As conflict persists across much of Sudan, pockets of relative safety have emerged and to date over a million internally displaced Sudanese have been making their way home.

The reporting period, July 18-24, 2025, witnessed a notable escalation in security and conflict dynamics across Lebanon, particularly in its southern regions.

Food stocks have plummeted to alarming new lows in Kadugli in Sudan’s Kordofan region, with recent attacks on markets and villages this month killing hundreds and siege-conditions reaching a tipping point, said Save the Children.