Renewed Yemen fighting drives 100,000 people from homes in Taiz
Displacement camps in Taiz are receiving thousands of families as shortages of shelter, drinking water and sanitation deepen.
At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in Yemen’s Taiz governorate following renewed fighting between Houthi forces and the internationally recognised government, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency.
Taiz’s Executive Unit for the Management of Internally Displaced Persons Camps reported 65,845 people displaced between 10 August and 15 September. About 95 per cent came from five districts affected by the heaviest fighting: Jabal Habashi, al-Maafer, Maqbana, al-Wazi’iyah and Mawza.
The figures come as camps struggle to absorb a rapidly growing population. More than 1,500 families entered one camp over six days, with many people sleeping in the open because shelter was unavailable. Other camps reported sporadic drinking water supplies and limited access to toilets.
The fighting intensified after Houthi forces captured Mocha and, according to the report, parts of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Government-affiliated forces have launched attacks and retaken some positions while attempting to advance in southwestern Taiz. Territorial control and battlefield movements remain fluid.
The conflict has broader regional significance because the Bab al-Mandeb Strait links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean. Yemen’s civil war has lasted more than a decade, while a United Nations-brokered truce halted large-scale violence in 2022.
