ICRC President Warns of Humanitarian Consequences of Escalating Middle East Conflict
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\nMirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has reportedly warned that further military escalation in the Middle East could have devastating consequences for millions of civilians.<\/p>\n
The report says she called for the protection of critical infrastructure, including ports and airports, and urged all parties to distinguish between military and civilian targets in accordance with international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n
The specific attribution and references to recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Yemen require confirmation from an official ICRC statement or the original Voice of America report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ICRC President Warns of Humanitarian Consequences of Escalating Middle East Conflict —————————————— Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has reportedly warned that further military escalation in the Middle East could have devastating consequences for millions of civilians. The report says she called for the protection of critical infrastructure, including …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10424],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humanitarian-news"],"yoast_head":"\n