Lebanon: “I am used to being a humanitarian worker, but now I am also a person displaced by air strikes in my own country.”

October 1, 2024

We are in a safe place, for nowMaryam, our field communications manager from Beirut, reported from a car as she fled, describing scenes of chaos in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Yesterday (Friday 27/09/2024), we heard and felt a huge...

MSF responds to Israeli bombing in Lebanon

October 1, 2024

Following the widescale Israeli bombings of multiple areas in Lebanon on Monday 23 September, we are gradually stepping up our response to the escalating humanitarian needs. MSF teams are providing general healthcare and essential relief items to displaced people. According to the Ministry...

Lebanon: “I needed to make myself useful to overcome the panic”

October 10, 2020

MSF psychologist Sara Tannouri looks back at the blast that devastated her home city of Beirut, Lebanon two months ago and its impact on people’s mental wellbeing, including her own. 4 August 2020 at 6.08 pm. I was just about to...