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MIDDLE EAST:

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the dramatic escalation in conflict across the Middle East, following strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces in Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory actions in several countries. This escalation has brought fear to the lives of millions of people across the region, including in Lebanon, Iran and the Gulf countries. Bombing has continued across multiple cities and villages, often hitting densely populated areas, and casualties have mounted. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. MSF has adapted our programs to respond and has been closely monitoring the rapidly evolving humanitarian needs.

SOUTH SUDAN:

A humanitarian disaster has hit Nyatim, a village in Jongeli state, where 30,000 people have fled after violence surged in Lankien and Pieri earlier this year. Conditions are brutal, as people face abductions by armed groups, a lack of food, shelter, clean water or means to leave for safer locations. As of early April, humanitarian access to the area has been blocked. MSF teams have treated people who managed to reach the town of Chuil by foot, walking for days without water or medical care and exposed to further violence. We are also scaling up support for displaced people in Chuil and Ulang counties, providing emergency care, treatment for malnutrition and water and sanitation services. More than 70 MSF staff who were displaced from Lankien – where our hospital was bombed on Feb. 3 – are supporting this response.