Nearly two months since the onset of hostilities on 23 September 2024, WFP has significantly scaled up its emergency response, reaching almost half a million conflict-affected people with food and/or cash assistance.
يشهد الشرق الأوسط أزمة شديدة، حيث أُجبر ملايين الأشخاص على النزوح، يعيشون في ظروف مأساوية وسط حرب مدمّرة أودت بحياة الآلاف. توضح كورين فليشر، المديرة الإقليمية لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا وأوروبا الشرقية في برنامج الأغذية العالمي، كيف يبذل البرنامج قصارى جهده للوصول إلى المحتاجين، في مواجهة عقبات صعبة تشمل نقص التمويل وصعوبة الوصول.
The Middle East is in crisis, with millions forced from their homes, destitute and hungry amid a spreading war that has claimed thousands of lives. Corinne Fleischer, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, explains how the World Food Programme (WFP) is stretching every muscle to reach those in need, in the face of stubborn obstacles including lack of funding and access.
A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Syria as civilians forced to flee Israel’s bombardment in neighbouring Lebanon struggle to secure shelter, food, water, and protection, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
Since the escalation of the hostilities in Lebanon, approximately 220,000 people are believed to have crossed the border to Syria through both official and unofficial border crossing points.
