UAE: WFP-led hub keeps humanitarian aid moving amid Middle East crisis

Countries: United Arab Emirates, World Source: World Food Programme As the conflict upends shipping routes and supply chains, staff at the UN Humanitarian Response Depot are working to secure new corridors to transport life-saving food and other aid to vulnerable people. 27 March 2026, Marwa Awad Alex Marianelli paces briskly through the echoing halls of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) warehouse in Dubai, phone in hand. A global crisis is unfolding, as the Middle East conflict upends key shipping lanes and supply