Syria: Humanitarian aid must reach all areas

Life-saving medical supplies from the ICRC are reaching beleaguered civilians in the Marjaayoun area of southern Lebanon, where medical needs are becoming increasingly urgent as hostilities escalate.

Severe malnutrition rates have risen sharply in healthcare facilities supported by the ICRC in northeast Nigeria. Clinics report a 24% increase in the number of young children suffering from malnutrition compared to the previous year.

Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the ICRC.

The Geneva Conventions, crucial international treaties regulating armed conflict, mark their 75th anniversary on August 12. These treaties form the backbone of international humanitarian law, a set of rules seeking to limit the effects of armed conflict, limiting the means and methods of warfare and safeguarding those not or no longer taking part in hostilities.