Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. KEY HIGHLIGHTS WFP warns that continued escalation in the Middle East risks becoming the most severe disruption to humanitarian supply chains since COVID‐19 and the Ukraine war, with potential spillover effects on the global economy and fertilizer markets. If instability persists beyond mid‐year, an additional 45 million people could potentially be pushed into acute hunger in 2026. In Iran, WFP provided cash top-ups to more than 32,500 Afghan refugees in settlements to help them meet their immediate food needs amid ongoing escalation. In Lebanon, since 2 March, WFP has reached 265,000 conflict-affected people with food and cash assistance in shelters and across communities. WFP led two interagency convoys to southern Lebanon with the Logistics Cluster, delivering food and essential relief items on behalf of UN and NGO partners to support approximately 6,200 conflict‐affected people. In Syria, WFP has provided over 40,000 date bars to newly arriving families from Lebanon at Jdeidet Yabous and Jousieh crossings.
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