Overview
- IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix reports 85,818 people forced from their homes after a rapid surge of fighting along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and in Taiz.
- More than 2,000 people have reached Djibouti’s Obock area by sea and are receiving urgent water, food and medical help from Djiboutian authorities, IOM and UN partners.
- Fighting and Houthi gains have cut key routes such as the Mokha–Taiz road, blocking supply lines and prompting IOM to suspend all operational movements for safety.
- The World Health Organization says only about 60% of Yemen’s health facilities are fully functional as hospitals face a surge in trauma cases and rising civilian casualties.
- The escalation deepens a long-running conflict that began with the 2014 Houthi seizure of Sanaa and risks wider regional impact by strengthening control over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.