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Latest press releases and statements in Middle East

Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza

News release

03-08-2025

Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza

News release

03-08-2025

Syria: ICRC gains access to Sweida, calls for sustained humanitarian response

News release

29-07-2025

A long humanitarian aid convoy stretches along a rural road in Sweida, Syria, in July 2025. The convoy includes dozens of white vehicles marked with the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems, along with large trucks carrying relief supplies. The road runs through a dry, reddish-brown landscape with sparse vegetation and scattered buildings in the distance. Aid workers in red uniforms walk near the vehicles under a clear blue sky.

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Latest from the field in Middle East

Iraq: Photography Award 2025

Article

01-08-2025

ICRC/IRCS Photography Award 2025 جائزة التصوير الفوتوغرافي

ICRC voices: Life and Death in the Red Cross Field Hospital

Article

21-07-2025

ICRC phsyiotherapist, Rieke Hayes, with a patient at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah

ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza

Article

16-07-2025

ICRC flag with black ribbon attached

ICRC accompanies Iranian Red Crescent Society to locations affected by hostilities

Article

14-07-2025

ICRC Emblem badge simple

“I want to heal and go home”: Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza grapples with unprecedented wave of mass casualty incidents

Article

05-07-2025

Dr Sally taking children through recreational activities to support mental health at the Gaza Field Hospital.jpg

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Latest reports and publications in Middle East

ICRC staff in Aleppo with a woman sitting on the ground

ICRC in Syria: Year in Review 2024

Activity Report: Iraq 2024

Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024

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ICRC in Iraq: Key Figures 2024

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