News Monitor
While today marks Lebanonâs Independence Day, it is overshadowed by sadness and growing anxiety. The situation remains highly unpredictable, leaving Lebanese and refugees uncertain and fearful.
The health system, already stretched before the current crisis, has been pushed to the brink â some 100 primary healthcare centres and dispensaries have closed, as have multiple hospitals.
Conflict and instability continue to severely disrupt life in Syria, straining medical supply stocks and overwhelming the capacity of health workers. Pregnant women with complications are at high risk.
The International Rescue Committee calls for the international community to act urgently to scale up support to both new arrivals and the vulnerable host communities receiving them.
Grandi visited the border crossing at Jdeidet Yabous. He met Lebanese refugees and Syrians who just crossed and described how they escaped intense Israeli bombardments that terrified their children.
Grandi visited the border crossing at Jdeidet Yabous. He met Lebanese refugees and Syrians who just crossed and described how they escaped intense Israeli bombardments that terrified their children.
UNHCR and partners, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are at the border crossings, providing food, water, blankets and mattresses to those arriving, and guiding them towards support in Syria.
Recent attacks across Syria have killed and injured children and destroyed vital civilian infrastructure like electricity and water stations, schools and hospitals.
As of 11 August, at least 25 civilians had reportedly been killed and 28 others injured, as a result of active hostilities, on both banks of the Euphrates River.
Yesterdayâs announcement of âŹ3.9 billion in pledged assistance for 2024 - a 15% drop from last yearâs commitment - and âŹ1.2 billion for 2025 is a worrying decline in support, said Save the Children.