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Yemen Fighting Drives Thousands from Their Homes
(MENAFN) Around 18,500 people have been forced to leave their homes over the past 72 hours as fighting intensifies across Yemen’s western provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah, according to reports from the UN migration agency.
"18,500 people have been displaced in just 72 hours as fighting escalates across Yemen’s western coast and parts of Ta’iz and Al Hodeidah. The number continues to rise as families flee renewed hostilities," the IOM in Yemen wrote on X.
The agency says reports of civilian casualties, including deaths and injuries, have emerged as clashes continue to intensify.
The escalation comes as confrontations between government forces and the Houthis increase across several areas, with particularly heavy fighting reported in Taiz, Al-Jawf, Al-Bayda and Hodeidah provinces.
The number of displaced civilians is "increasing by the hour," the organization warns, as more families seek refuge in host communities and displacement centers.
IOM Yemen Chief of Mission Abdusattor Esoev says displaced families are “arriving with nothing: no shelter, no food, no way to know if it's safe to go back."
He also raises concerns that continued violence and insecurity along escape routes may prevent some families from safely leaving areas close to the front lines.
"18,500 people have been displaced in just 72 hours as fighting escalates across Yemen’s western coast and parts of Ta’iz and Al Hodeidah. The number continues to rise as families flee renewed hostilities," the IOM in Yemen wrote on X.
The agency says reports of civilian casualties, including deaths and injuries, have emerged as clashes continue to intensify.
The escalation comes as confrontations between government forces and the Houthis increase across several areas, with particularly heavy fighting reported in Taiz, Al-Jawf, Al-Bayda and Hodeidah provinces.
The number of displaced civilians is "increasing by the hour," the organization warns, as more families seek refuge in host communities and displacement centers.
IOM Yemen Chief of Mission Abdusattor Esoev says displaced families are “arriving with nothing: no shelter, no food, no way to know if it's safe to go back."
He also raises concerns that continued violence and insecurity along escape routes may prevent some families from safely leaving areas close to the front lines.
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