With winter settling in in eastern Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is continuing its support to hospitals on both sides of the frontline, and expanding its psychological assistance to help people living in some of the hardest hit areas. Despite the signing of a ceasefire agreement on 5...
"We need respect towards the physical and psychological integrity of our patients and staff" "Some elements have tried to apprehend Muslim patients and staff members" "Tension in the town has increased after heavy fighting in early August" Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to stop its...
Following months of intense conflict, an increasingly alarming humanitarian situation is unfolding in eastern Ukraine, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. Hospitals have been shelled, tens of thousands of people are displaced from their homes, and thousands of casualties have been reported. "The...
Renewed fighting has flared up following unrest in the PK5 neighbourhood in Bangui, where some 2,200 Muslims are still enclaved. Local militiamen have clashed with the international forces present in Bangui. The MSF teams based in the General Hospital have received 31 wounded in a single day and...
Following heavy fighting between Islamic State forces and the Kurdish forces in Sinjar (North West of Iraq), as well as in other areas to the west of Kurdistan, over 200,000 people are reported to have fled. Many Iraqis fleeing their homes have now moved into Kurdistan, where authorities have...
Michele Beck, a medical referent with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is in Gaza City. Here she explains what MSF teams have and have not been able to do in the last few days. A 72-hour truce began this morning, but it did not last long. During the truce we had planned to go to Nasser hospital in...
Since the start of the war, several Palestinian members of the Médecins Sans Frontières team in Gaza have taken refuge in the organisation's premises. There they feel safer, and find a little comfort through supporting each other. Distraught by their powerlessness to protect their own children and...
Yesterday’s attack on Al Shifa hospital, where nearly 2,000 people are sheltering, demonstrates how civilians have nowhere safe to go and shows the current difficulties of providing emergency aid in Gaza. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the 28 July attack on Gaza City’s Al Shifa...
Two car bombs exploded in towns in northern Syria on 26 July – one in Atmeh and the other in Azaz – causing large numbers of civilian casualties, including a Syrian staff member of the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF strongly condemns these deadly attacks on...
22 July, 8 am: The MSF team is returning from Al Shifa hospital, in the centre of Gaza City. Throughout the night, the wounded have been streaming into the emergency department – many of them patients transferred from Al Aqsa hospital, which was bombed the previous day. “It’s going to be a busy...
