""It's like a storm closing in on us, and every week brings a new cloud," said John Aylieff, WFP's country director in Afghanistan. "The latest big, dark cloud is the Iran crisis.""
"Despite the many benefits of Dubai's location, it could also "prove to be its Achilles' heel," said Sam Vigersky, an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations."
The World Food Program reports 10,000 tons of food for Afghan children is delayed, while the World Health Organization's $6 million medicine shipment to Gaza is stalled. Save the Children warns of 90 health facilities in Sudan lacking essential supplies. The conflict has severely impacted the global economy and humanitarian aid sector, heavily reliant on Dubai as a logistical hub. Iranian strikes have targeted UAE infrastructure, complicating aid delivery and exacerbating existing funding cuts from the U.S. and Europe.
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