Yemen fighting displaces more than 86,000 people since July
The United Nations says renewed fighting between Houthi forces and Yemen’s government has driven people towards camps in Aden and across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti.
More than 86,000 people have reportedly been displaced in Yemen since July following fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces, according to the United Nations.
Many of those forced from their homes have fled to refugee camps in government-controlled Aden. Others have travelled to neighbouring Djibouti, according to France 24 International.
The reported movement of civilians follows a renewed escalation in Yemen’s conflict. The supplied material does not identify the UN agency or report underpinning the displacement figure.
The fighting threatens a UN-brokered truce that halted large-scale violence in 2022. The exact period covered by the description “since July” was not specified.
The scale and destinations of the displacement have not been independently corroborated in the supplied material.
