ICRC

From the field - Yemen briefings at CENTCOM

Afghanistan and Iraq have historically been at the center of our humanitarian dialogue with US Central Command. However, we have in recent years also engaged with CENTCOM on other contexts that fall under its responsibility. An example is Yemen, a country of growing interest to the United States and today affected by several internal conflicts that impact the lives of thousands of civilians.

From the field - Engaging with US Central Command

US Central Command - CENTCOM - is one of ten combatant commands in the US military, with an area of responsibility that covers Middle East and Central Asia. One of the tasks of ICRC Washington is to engage with its leadership on humanitarian issues of ICRC concern.

The ICRC-CENTCOM relationship started in 2005 as an extension of the operational dialogue the organization already had with the US military in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pentagon.