Operation Hope has recently supported several initiatives in this region:

 The crises facing Lebanon, including economic decline, Covid-19, and the impact of the devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August 2020, have brought stress and trauma to children. The closure of schools due to Covid-19 and the damage caused by the blast have resulted in a sharp decline in the quality of education. In Beirut, through the Adyan Foundation (a Lebanese organisation founded by Christian and Muslim members), Operation Hope helped to support children with disabilities whose homes, schools and education had been badly affected by the blast. The abrupt shift to online school learning meant that these children needed tools to access online education. The "Blessed School", which usually caters for children with disabilities, was severely damaged by the Beirut explosion. The children of this school were happy to receive a wonderful personal gift for Christmas, and the school was able to purchase teaching materials suitable for online education and thus enable the children to continue their studies to the full.

 In Syria, in Aleppo, the Franciscan community distributes food parcels and emergency aid to displaced persons. It also works to set up drinking water networks and to distribute fuel oil for generators and heating. This community also assists people with their health needs, taking care of part of the costs. Finally, the brothers ensure the education of children and young people, trying to offer spaces for activities and studies.

 In Iraq, at Erbil, aid is given to the Syriac Orthodox Jacobite community, from which one of the Iraqi families settled at Taizé comes. When the Christian villages on the Nineveh plain were liberated by the Iraqi army, the Christians found that their churches had been devastated by ISIS. The money collected is used to support those displaced in Erbil who cannot return to the destroyed villages and to the cleaning and reconstruction of places of worship.