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Project HOPE Gaza Human Resources Coordinator Nouralhuda Abu Gefra sits in the rubble of her partially damaged house in Gaza, on October 14, 2025.

"We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

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Amid the Iran War and new closures of Gaza's border crossings, Palestinians have resumed a desperate search for food and medical aid

Worldwide Flight Services personnel prepare humanitarian aid packages for the first French humanitarian flight to Beirut, carrying 60 tons of relief supplies and pharmaceutical products, at Paris‑Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Roissy‑en‑France near Paris, France, on March 12, 2026.

Where the Iran War Could Disrupt Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

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Pharmaceutical company executives are responding to the immediate supply-chain threats by targeting unconventional routes

A Humanitarian Off-Ramp for the Iran War

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Health diplomacy has long served as means for adversaries to work together when politics make broader engagement impossible

Members of the Red Crescent talk to each other as smoke rises into the air after a reported strike on Shahran fuel tanks, in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.

Health Care Under Fire: How the Middle East Reflects a Global Crisis

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Humanitarian law obliges all conflict parties to protect health facilities and workers, yet deadly attacks persist

Health Care Under Fire: How the Middle East Reflects a Global Crisis

Hospital Attacks in Gaza and Israel: What Counts as a War Crime?

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Global attacks on hospitals and health care have become more frequent, but perpetrators have enjoyed near total impunity

Hospital Attacks in Gaza and Israel: What Counts as a War Crime?

The Toll of Violence on Women and Youth in Iran

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A "pervasive trauma is seeping through Iran," affecting the mental health of women and children

A woman wears a face mask and has the words "Freedom" written in blue paint on her forehead in Arabic. She takes part in a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 4, 2022.

Women and Stroke in Iran

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Stroke-prevention efforts fail to meet low-income women's needs

Women and Stroke in Iran

Coronavirus in Lebanon

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Interview with Walid Ammar, head of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, on testing, funding, and the threat to refugees

A general view shows buildings in Beirut during Lebanon's countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus on April 1, 2020. Picture shows a view of a section of city filling the fame with buildings but very few people apparent on the streets. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Coronavirus in the Middle East

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A look at COVID-19 in seven countries, some fragile or failed, which illustrates many of the problems the region faces

A worker in protective suit sprays disinfectants in front of a dress shop at popular market following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Basra, Iraq on March 10, 2020. This is an interesting photo showing a colorful dress shop with a worker walking by outside in protective gear spraying disinfectant. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Coronavirus in Iran—An Isolated Response?

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As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, will Tehran wean itself off suspicions and collaborate in efforts to control the virus?

A man looks at parliamentary election campaign posters in Tehran, Iran on February 19, 2020. The photo shows the man standing in front of a board that is placarded with multiple political campaign posters, many of them identical and pasted over and over. The predominant colors are green, white, and red—like the Iranian flag. WANA/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS.