GENOCIDE  WATCH

Geneva/Kabul, 4 March 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about the escalating cross-border hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan and their growing humanitarian impact on civilians and people on the move. Recent hostilities along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border have forced families to flee their homes. Photo: IOM/Mohammad Osman Azizi The ongoing military confrontation along the Durand Line has reportedly resulted in civilian ca

In this May 18, 2019 file photo, newly-arrived women who fled drought line up to receive food at a camp on the outskirts of the Somalian capital Mogadishu.   Source: The number of people in Somalia experiencing crisis-levels of food insecurity has nearly doubled in the past year to 6.5 million people, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday. The Horn of Africa country has been plagued by conflict and suffered two consecutive failed rainy seasons, asd well as a drop in the amount of

Two more drones intercepted on Monday, authorities say, in what appears to be sustained targeting of base Flashes appear in the sky over RAF Akrotiri, as seen from Pissouri, Limassol District, Cyprus. Photograph: KitasWeather/Reuters March 2, 2026 A one-way attack drone – said to have been launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah – struck the UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus at about midnight on Sunday, prompting a partial evacuation of the military facility. Two more drones were suc

Highways gridlocked as thousands evacuate while Israel launches its deadliest assault on Lebanon in over a year, killing 31 people. A displaced family fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrives in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo] Lebanese civilians have fled southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs as a deadly escalation erupts between Israel and Hezbollah. Many are seeking sanctuary in makeshift shelters across Lebanon

Israel strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon after Iran-allied group launches missiles over the border - Conflict spreads to Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Israel over killing of Khamenei and IDF responds with strikes on Beirut William Christou, The Guardian, 2 March 2026 Israel fires on Lebanese capital Beirut Israel carried out heavy airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel in r

By Deepa Parent and Tess McClure The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive An image taken from Iranian state television broadcast on 28 February showing what it says is the site of US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. Photograph: Alex Mita/IRIB TV/AFP/Getty Images Iran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they