5 Ways Conflict in the Middle East Impacts Children
Conflict disrupts and endangers children's lives in many ways. Here are five of them, and how UNICEF is responding.
As multiple, overlapping, conflict-related crises intensify across the Middle East, UNICEF is working with partners to expand emergency assistance measures and reach more children and their families with urgently needed protection and support.
Here is a look at five critical areas of impact:
09.03.2026 14:05
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New congressional caucus urging research, funding for sarcoidosis
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Children should never pay the price of conflict.
This weekendβs military escalation in the Middle East marks a dangerous moment for millions of children.
Read our full statement: https://unicef.au/4rH0Ths
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The trauma children across the US are experiencing is heartbreaking. Whether seeing their own parents violently ripped away with no notice, or the parents of their friends and neighbors, is something no child should experience. It will have longtime, if not lifetime, impact. Itβs a tragedy.
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When journalists are prevented from reporting firsthand, transparency and accountability are diminished. Without direct access, independent coverage is constrained, and press freedom is weakened.
βLifting the information embargo is long overdue,β UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
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Investing in #ClimateAction is good for the planetβit creates stability, security, and peace.
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36 days left in our 87-day push.
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Thank you to the governments who have already stepped up.
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As land degradation threatens essential ecosystem services such as regulating climate and providing benefits to people, the world has a bold plan: the Global Biodiversity Framework.
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The world faces the risk of a dangerous and deepening global hunger crisis.
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UNICEF has called for the protection of children and adolescents amid public unrest in Iran.
Children must be safeguarded from any actions that endanger their lives, freedom, or well-being.
Every childβs right to life must be respected and safeguarded.
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Let us not lose sight of important human rights and child welfare events happening around the world. Our global support for the worldβs most vulnerable people must never waver, never.
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This is what delivering WFP assistance looks like just 16 km from the frontline in #Ukraine, with a constant risk of shelling.
Around 420,000 people living near the frontline face severe food insecurity. Humanitarian support is essential to help get them through the winter months.
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In #Myanmar, conflict and disasters have pushed millions of people into humanitarian need.
The UN Global Emergency Fund CERF will support urgent aid in one of the worldβs most constrained and underfunded crises.
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Can we feed a growing population without exhausting our land, soil and water resources?
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Climate adaptation means helping communities adjust to a changing climate by protecting lives, livelihoods, and nature while building new opportunities for growth.
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At #COP30, lives are on the line.
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2025 showed what the #ClimateCrisis really means for the worldβs most fragile countries.
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In BelΓ©m, Brazil, world leaders are gathered for #COP30 to address the climate crisis by scaling solutions that create a safer, more prosperous future for all.
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Transparency can become a greater catalyst for ambition, trust and transformative #ClimateAction.
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The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund is now accepting project proposals!
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