The Health sector in Lebanon operates under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Complementing this leadership from the UN and NGO sides, the sector is co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Refugees Agency (UNHCR), with coordination efforts facilitated by WHO, UNHCR, and Amel Association.
June 2025 witnessed a pronounced intensification of Israeli military activity in Lebanon, characterized by an escalating use of airstrikes, drone warfare, and strategic signaling.
Throughout his engagements, Mr. Lacroix reaffirmed the crucial role of UNIFIL in maintaining lasting stability in south Lebanon and the mission’s critical support to the parties in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701.
On June 10, 2025, the European Commission formally moved Lebanon into its “high-risk” category for money laundering and terrorist financing, a stark signal that, despite years of incremental reforms, the country’s AML/CFT safeguards still fall short of global expectations.
Action Against Hunger has been working for months in the collective shelters to ensure that there is food, clean water, hygiene products and other essential items to maintain health and prevent disease outbreak.
Between April and June 2025, 1.17 million people (21 percent of the population) are projected to face acute food insecurity, down from 1.65 million (30 percent) in March 2025.
UNIFIL deminers from China started work in a second UNIFIL position this week to clear the base and its perimeter of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) and other explosives from the recent hostilities.
On 22 May 2025, Israel conducted a wave of aerial strikes across Lebanon, with a confirmed tally of 22 incidents. These operations spanned the governorates of Nabatieh, South Lebanon, and the Bekaa, targeting both elevated terrain and semi-urban communities.
By 15 May 2025, around 156,000 Syrians returned to Syria from or via Lebanon. Given the significant changes in the Syria context, UNHCR, in close collaboration with the authorities, began designing programmes to support refugees who express an interest in returning, including “Go and See” visits.
One million people were internally displaced by armed conflict with Israeli armed forces in Lebanon last year. HI provided cash assistance to 400 families to cover their basic needs.
Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country.
Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the third airstrike on the capital just this month, is yet another reminder that the ceasefire has not brought a lasting peace for people in Lebanon, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned.
In 2024, UNHCR supported 31 community centers, including 20 Community Development Centers (CDCs) and 11 Social Development Centers (SDCs), across Lebanon. Through community centers, women, men, boys and girls of diverse backgrounds can access protection, social, legal, learning, and other services and activities.
Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024, which killed 33 civilians, 15 of them children, were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said today.
Lebanese authorities must immediately dismiss a criminal complaint filed against independent media outlets Daraj Media and Megaphone News, Amnesty International said today, following news that the two independent digital media outlets have been summoned for interrogation by the Cassation Public Prosecution Office on Tuesday 15 April in connection with the complaint.
With continued support, we can help Lebanese families return to their homes and rebuild their lives with dignity. Together, we stand committed to delivering life-saving assistance and fostering resilience in the face of hardship.
يدين مركز وصول لحقوق الإنسان (ACHR) بأشد العبارات الاعتداء الشنيع الذي تم تداوله على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في 26 أذار/مارس 2025، عبر مقطع فيديو يُظهر اعتداءً جنسيًا في مكان عام ارتكبه عنصر من الأمن العام اللبناني بحق طفلة سورية تبلغ من العمر ست سنوات، وقد تم القبض على الجاني وهو حاليًا قيد التحقيق.
The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) strongly condemns the heinous attack that circulated on social media on 26 March 2025, through a video showing a sexual assault perpetrated in a public place by a member of the Lebanese General Security against a six-year-old girl of Syrian nationality. The identified perpetrator of the crime has since been arrested and is currently under investigation.
This report provides information on incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) reported by 14 data gathering organizations providing services to GBV survivors between January to December 2024.
