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

UN News Middle East · 4 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.
Iran crisis: Schoolgirls killed, thousands displaced and aid compromised

UN News Middle East · 4 hours ago War

On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence and instability in the Middle East, the UN urgently called for protection of civilians and warned of growing displacement and humanitarian needs.
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.
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.
UN warns civilians remain at risk as airstrikes continue across Gaza

UN News Middle East · 3 weeks ago War

Fresh airstrikes and shelling across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours have put civilians at renewed risk and compounded months of hardship, the UN said on Tuesday, warning that humanitarian needs continue to outpace access and capacity.
UN peacekeeping patrols suspended along Lebanon-Israel Blue Line

UN News Middle East · 4 weeks ago War

UN peacekeepers temporarily suspended patrols and other activities along parts of the ‘Blue Line’ in southern Lebanon after the Israeli military said it would release what it described as a non-toxic chemical substance near the frontier, the UN said on Monday.