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MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Fourth day of escalating conflict between US, Israel and Iran

UN News Middle East · 2 hours ago War

Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a fourth day, with US and Israeli military strikes against Iran and ensuing Iranian counter-strikes hitting targets across the region, disrupting airspace and transport routes. The situation has caused civilian casualties and raised fears of broader instability, including in Lebanon and the Gulf. We will bring you real-time reporting and updates from across the United Nations system.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Melania Trump presides over historic session on children in conflict

UN News Middle East · 1 day ago General

The UN Security Council convened in New York under extraordinary circumstances Monday: amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and repeated calls from the UN for restraint by all sides, the Council turns its attention to a long-standing but under-addressed crisis facing children in war zones.  The United States, which holds the rotating presidency for March, decided to have First Lady Melania Trump chair the meeting. Usually, the UN ambassador or senior official takes the gavel.
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Strikes continue from US, Israel and Iran as UN urges restraint

UN News Middle East · 1 day ago War

Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a third day as coordinated US and Israeli strikes against Iran aimed at regime change continue to cause loss of life and damage across the region, prompting Iranian missile and drone counter-strikes hitting targets in multiple countries. Explosions, airspace closures and military alerts have been reported from Tehran to the Gulf states and beyond. Follow our live coverage with updates from across the United Nations system.
Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikes

UN News Middle East · 1 day ago War

As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States, the head of the UN atomic energy agency urged a return to diplomacy, given the “increasing risk to nuclear safety” in the region.
Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO

UN News Middle East · 2 days ago War

The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.
Iran strikes ‘squandered a chance for diplomacy’: Guterres

UN News Middle East · 3 days ago War

“Everything must be done” to prevent wider escalation of war across the Middle East following joint US-Israeli strikes against Iran, and retaliatory action from Tehran targeting multiple countries in the region, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Saturday.
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: UN Security Council meeting in emergency session over Iran

UN News Middle East · 3 days ago War

The UN Security Council met in emergency session in the aftermath of major airstrikes across Iran on Saturday by the United States and Israel. In retaliation, Tehran launched its own attacks throughout the Middle East. UN chief António Guterres told ambassadors the action risks “igniting a chain of events that nobody can control in the most volatile region of the world.
Attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes ‘undermine international peace and security’

UN News Middle East · 3 days ago War

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the heads of UN agencies have condemned Saturday’s joint Israeli and US attacks on Iran and the Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel and the Gulf Regions.
Palestine: UN rights chief highlights suffering, atrocity crimes ‘that remain unpunished’

UN News Middle East · 5 days ago Human Rights

The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday highlighted the “human-made disaster” across the Occupied Palestinian Territory stemming from Israel’s disregard for human rights norms and serious violations also committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.
UN’s Türk urges dialogue after deadly clashes on Afghan-Pakistan border

UN News Middle East · 5 days ago General

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly airstrikes, while condemning ever harsher “apartheid” edicts issued by the Afghan de facto authorities that continue to severely impact women and girls.
‘I dream of a safe life’: Gaza’s children share the future they want

UN News Middle East · 1 week ago General

Children in Gaza are voicing their demands for the future through a UN-run initiative that seeks to amplify their voices and restore the “fundamentals of childhood”.
Fears of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank: UN rights report

UN News Middle East · 1 week ago Human Rights

Increased Israeli attacks and the forced transfer of Palestinians have sparked concern over ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday.
Security Council LIVE: Situation in the Middle East

UN News Middle East · 1 week ago Politics

The UN Security Council meets at 3 PM (New York time) on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, with rising tensions in the occupied West Bank expected to dominate the session. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is scheduled to brief members. The meeting follows recent Israeli cabinet decisions expanding control in Areas A, B and C of the West Bank.
Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago Human Rights

Palestinian Walid Al-Assi was playing with his young granddaughter this week, promising to take her to the market in Gaza City with the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan as his family had done before the Israel-Hamas war, but now circumstances had changed.
Humanitarian access to Gaza still insufficient for relief and rebuilding: UN development chief

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago General

The UN has the funds and capacity to scale up relief and reconstruction operations in Gaza but does not have the necessary access to carry out these vital tasks, Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), told journalists on Tuesday.
Guterres deplores Israel’s move to resume land registration in the West Bank

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago Politics

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in a large part of the occupied West Bank, his Spokesman said on Monday.
Gaza: Lifesaving aid operations continue despite restrictions

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago General

Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face impediments in their efforts to deliver lifesaving aid to the population.
Syria transition gains ground with Kurdish deal, but violence and humanitarian strain persist

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago General

Syria’s fragile political transition has gained fresh momentum with a landmark agreement between Damascus and Kurdish authorities in the northeast, but renewed violence in the south, Israeli incursions and deep humanitarian needs underscore how precarious the path to stability remains, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday.
UN envoy urges renewed political push as Yemen tensions rise

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago Politics

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on Thursday welcomed recent steps to bolster stability and improve living conditions, but told the Security Council that only a renewed political process can end the country’s long-running conflict.
Gaza radio station re-opens, bringing voices from the rubble

UN News Middle East · 2 weeks ago War

Broadcaster Rami Al-Sharafi works on a laptop inside the damaged Zaman FM radio station building in Gaza, marking what may seem an unlikely return to the airwaves amid the rubble of the deadly two-year Israel-Hamas war.

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