© IOM The number of displaced people in Yemen is growing every hour. Yemen: 46,000 people flee their homes amid renewed clashes Humanitarian assistance
At least 46,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to clashes between Houthis and government forces that resumed last week in southwestern Yemen. Such data are provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
At the same time, the number of displaced people is growing every hour, the IOM clarifies. It is reported that last night many people with belongings left the city of Mohu: at the beginning of the week this strategically important port on the Red Sea came under the control of the Houthis.
The confrontation between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces, backed by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, has been ongoing since 2014.
After several years of relative calm, Yemen plunged back into war in July of this year: the country was drawn into a regional conflict that flared up in late February when the United States and Israel attacked Iran).
Clashes in southwestern Yemen last week have killed hundreds of people on both sides – mostly combatants, media reports. Bab el-Mandeb Strait. At the same time, the militants announced their intention to continue attacking Saudi ships in this water area.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to deliver aid to the population
“Some families have been forced to flee for the second or third time since the start of this conflict, and they have lost virtually everything,” said IOM Director-General Amy Pope.
“As the war zone expands, it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach people with the help they need,” she added.
New groups of displaced people from the southwest are arriving in Lahj and Aden provinces. People are also moving north towards Ibb.
IOM said that as the fighting moved closer to populated areas, three districts in Taiz province – Makbana, Jabal Habashi and Al Ma’afer – were virtually deserted. communities in the region are under increasing strain.