Sanaa: Yemeni authorities said Friday that 2,398 more families were displaced in a single day amid the latest military escalation, including 823 families in Taiz province and 1,575 in Lahj.
According to Anadolu Agency, the figures were published by the Executive Unit for the Management of Displacement Camps and carried by the official Saba news agency. The unit reported that the new displacement was recorded on September 10, bringing the total number of documented displaced families to 9,746, up from 7,348 a day earlier.
The primary areas of origin for these displacements were locations affected by fighting in Taiz, Al-Hudaydah, and along Yemen's western coast. Specifically, districts such as Jabal Habashi, Al-Ma'afer, Maqbanah, Al-Wazi'iyah, Mawza, Mocha, Hays, and Al-Khawkhah were mentioned as being heavily impacted.
Field teams are actively engaged in registering displaced families, verifying their data and places of arrival, assessing needs, and coordinating humanitarian assistance. The unit highlighted that several schools in the Al-Mudaraba district in Lahj have been opened to shelter displaced families, while local residents have also taken in some families in private homes.
In a coordination meeting held Friday with the UN refugee agency, the unit discussed assistance and the growing humanitarian needs. They are maintaining contact with international and humanitarian organizations to expand the response. Urgent needs identified include shelter, food, life-saving assistance, dignity kits, hygiene supplies, drinking water, and water and sanitation services as families continue to arrive in reception areas.
Earlier Friday, the International Organization for Migration reported that at least 46,000 people had been displaced in Yemen since fighting escalated last week, warning that the number was rising 'at an alarming rate.' The organization did not specify the areas from which these individuals had fled.
Yemen's battlefield map has shifted in recent days as fighting between government forces and the Houthis intensified. Clashes resumed in early July after years of relative calm. The Houthis claim control over all of Al-Hudaydah province and have advanced in western Taiz, capturing Mocha city and its Red Sea port, reaching areas near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital maritime route. Conversely, government forces have made gains in the northern province of Al-Jawf near the Saudi border and moved closer to Al-Hazm, the provincial capital, while fighting continues on fronts in Marib, Al-Bayda, and Al-Dhalea.
Yemen has been embroiled in war since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014, leading to a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervening in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.