Middle East & North Africa

 
A father and daughter in their home in the Geitawi neighborhood of Beirut
Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon

The arrival of COVID-19 and a massive explosion in Beirut dealt further blows to Lebanon’s health system, already fragile following a year of economic, political, and social unrest.
 
MSF and Mediterranee teams on board the Ocean Viking rescuing people from a overcrowded wooden boat
Middle East & North Africa

Libya

In 2020, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants trapped in war-torn Libya were left even more vulnerable as the armed conflict escalated and COVID-19 spread across the country.
 
Abdou Camp is far from the road, on top of the Mountain, as hidden as possible from the security forces. Migrants complain about ongoing raids, detentions and deportations from Nador to the border with Algeria.
Middle East & North Africa

Morocco

MSF first worked in Morocco in 1997 and closed its migrant health projects in 2013.
 
MSF staff conducting a COVID-19 health promotion activity with children in a Palestine village
Middle East & North Africa

Palestine

In 2020, COVID-19 exacerbated the health crisis in Palestine caused by the ongoing occupation of the West Bank and the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
 
View of an area in Syria Al Latamnah
Middle East & North Africa

Syria

In Syria, the economic crisis and COVID-19 have compounded the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, with large numbers of people in desperate need of assistance.
 
MSF, Doctors Without Borders, Where we work, Tunisia
Middle East & North Africa

Tunisia

Having provided medical and humanitarian assistance to thousands of migrants stranded close to the Libyan border or rescued from the Mediterranean Sea since 2012, we handed over our projects in Tunisia to other organisations in October 2017.