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Yemen Faces Growing Humanitarian Risks Following Major Escalation, Warns Action For Humanity

Country: Yemen Source: Action for Humanity Action For Humanity (AFH), one of the leading humanitarian organisations operating in Yemen, is warning that the country's humanitarian situation could deteriorate further following the latest escalation in fighting across western Yemen. Over the past 24 hours, intensified military activity has been reported around Mocha, Dhubab and the Bab al-Mandab area, raising concerns about the humanitarian consequences for civilians and the potential for further displacement. Media and humanitarian monitoring indicate that the situation remains highly fluid as military operations continue. The latest developments come as Yemen continues to face one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises. According to Action For Humanity's most recent situation reporting, more than 174,000 people have been displaced since August 2026, while humanitarian needs continue to grow across conflict-affected communities. Action For Humanity is monitoring developments closely through its teams and partners across Yemen. The organisation is reviewing preparedness and response measures to provide emergency food assistance, multipurpose cash support, water and sanitation assistance, emergency shelter support and rapid assessments of newly displaced communities. Mohammed Bahashwan, Country Director for Action For Humanity Yemen, said: "Here in Yemen, the immediate concern is what happens to the civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing escalation." "Many families here were already struggling to meet their most basic needs before this latest escalation. Every day of renewed fighting increases the risk of displacement, restricts movement and places additional pressure on communities that have already endured years of hardship." "The humanitarian consequences could be significant if the situation continues to deteriorate. Families may lose access to food, clean water, healthcare and sources of income at a time when many have already exhausted their ability to cope." "Action For Humanity is actively preparing to respond. Our teams and partners continue to monitor developments closely and are prepared to support vulnerable families through food assistance, cash support, water and sanitation interventions and other life-saving humanitarian services." "However, humanitarian needs are increasing while funding remains under immense pressure. Yemen remains one of the world's most underfunded crises. Without urgent support, humanitarian organisations will struggle to meet growing needs." Action For Humanity is calling on donors and the international community to increase support for humanitarian operations in Yemen and help ensure vulnerable families can access life-saving assistance. How the Public Can Help £60 could provide a 30-day food parcel for a family affected by the crisis. £80 could provide essential non-food items to a displaced family, helping them meet basic needs during displacement. £150 could provide emergency cash assistance for one month, helping a family cover essential costs such as food, rent and medicine. Action For Humanity is preparing food assistance, water and sanitation support, emergency cash assistance and other humanitarian interventions for vulnerable families affected by displacement and conflict. Donate today and stand with families in Yemen.

Bab el-MandebDhubabMocha
Oct 7, 2026 · byReliefWeb
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byFrance 24
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MSF Yemen: thousands displaced by fighting lack access to healthcare

Country: Yemen Source: Médecins Sans Frontières 29 September 2026: Displaced families from the West Coast of Yemen face barriers to healthcare in Aden and Lahj. Recent fighting along Yemen’s West Coast has displaced more than 134,000 people since June. In Aden and Lahj, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) mobile teams are visiting four sites hosting displaced people, providing medical consultations, rapid tests, vaccinations, malnutrition screening, sexual and reproductive healthcare and referrals. ​ On the night of 10 September, Anwar Abdullah, 29, a father of six, says fighting broke out near his home in Hodeidah governorate. He left with his wife and children, travelled towards Mocha, and then continued to Aden. "We didn’t know what was happening at first. Then we realised there was fighting,” says Anwar. “I took my children and my wife and we came to Aden. We left everything behind.” The family is now staying at the Koud Othmani site in Sheikh Othman district, in northern Aden. They live in a temporary shelter and cook with firewood beside it because they lack basic cooking equipment. Anwar’s family is among thousands of people who have arrived in Aden during the latest displacement. By 22 September, the International Organization for Migration had recorded 134,550 people displaced since the escalation began in June, including 10,920 people in Aden. ​ Distance and cost make healthcare harder to reach The four sites currently visited by MSF were already hosting around 6,500 displaced people before the latest arrivals. In some sites, the population has since doubled. The sites are around four to 10 kilometres from health facilities. With fuel shortages and higher fuel prices, the cost of transport, as well as medicines, is often beyond what families can afford. “We are seeing sick children, pregnant women who don’t have access to healthcare, people with wounds, and older people who need medical services but have difficulty reaching them,” says Sara Ghanim, MSF Mobile Health Activity Manager in Aden. MSF teams are seeing wounds and injuries, malnutrition, fever, diarrhoea, and untreated infectious and non-communicable diseases. They have also seen pregnant women who have received no antenatal care, severely malnourished children, and children who are not fully vaccinated. Bringing healthcare closer During the first week of the mobile response, MSF teams saw 427 patients across four sites in Dar Saad and Sheikh Othman districts in Aden and Tuban district in Lahj. Most patients were women and children, and around 40 per cent had been newly displaced by the latest escalation in Taiz and along the West Coast. The mobile teams provide medical consultations; rapid testing, including haemoglobin, blood sugar, malaria, dengue and urine tests; routine vaccinations; malnutrition screening; pregnancy testing and family planning; and referrals when patients need further care. “We are seeing huge pressure on a health system that is already collapsing and has faced many challenges for years,” says Ghanim. MSF continues to assess sites hosting displaced people and is ready to scale up its response if health needs increase as displacement continues. Alongside the mobile response, since April MSF has been supporting primary healthcare at Al Farsha in rural Lahj and Al Basateen in Aden. The catchment areas of both facilities include places where displaced people are living, both in sites and within host communities. -ENDS- MSF UK media@london.msf.org +44 (0) 207 067 4236

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Sep 29, 2026 · byReliefWeb
Yemen Conflict Escalation Situation Report: Taiz / West Coast / Bab el-Mandeb, Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf, Lahj and other affected governorates - Situation Report #3 (Issue date 13 September 2026 | Reporting period 6 - 12 September 2026)

Yemen Conflict Escalation Situation Report: Taiz / West Coast / Bab el-Mandeb, Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf, Lahj and other affected governorates - Situation Report #3 (Issue date 13 September 2026 | Reporting period 6 - 12 September 2026)

Country: Yemen Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. Key Highlights • The conflict has entered a multi-front, mass-casualty phase. Since Sitrep #2 the Marib front has re-ignited alongside the West Coast and Taiz. Marib City recorded 469 casualties on 9 September, the largest single-day toll of the emergency, followed by 177 on 10 September and 219 on 11 September. Casualties reported in the seven days of this period (1,746) exceed the entire cumulative toll at the last report. • Casualty burden has more than doubled in one week. Cumulative casualties rose from 1,137 (register re-issued 9 September) to 2,883 as of 12 September: 2,379 injuries and 504 deaths. The case-fatality ratio remains at 17%, consistent with blast and shelling injuries reaching hospitals late. Marib now carries 49% of the cumulative burden and Taiz/West Coast 43%; Lahj has emerged as a third recurrent source (149 casualties, 126 of them this period). • DFA forces seized the Bab el Mandeb coast on 10–11 September. Mocha, Dhubab and Perim (Mayyun) Island are under DFA control. Al-Mokha, the casualty collection point for the West Coast and the head of the ambulance corridor to Aden, is no longer accessible to the IRG-side health system; Taiz city has lost its western approaches and must plan for isolation. • Displacement has become a mass movement across six governorates. Exec. Unit for IDPs reports through 11 September, 11,096 displaced families (~77,789 people) verified across Taiz, Lahj, Al-Hodeidah, Aden, Abyan and Shabwah, up sharply from 1,790 households on 4 September and IOM’s 46,000 estimate on 10 September. Taiz accounts for the largest share (6,436 families), followed by Lahj (2,338) and Al-Hodeidah (1,471). Displacement continues, with villages emptied in Maqbanah, Jabal Habashi and Al Ma’afer, overnight departures from Mokha, and reported movement north towards Ibb. Many families have been displaced for a second or third time. In Taiz, an estimated 2,685 women and girls of reproductive age, including 240 pregnant women, are among those registered. IOM suspended operational movements on 11 September due to the deteriorating security environment. • Attacks on health care and civilians in camps. Seven health facilities or assets have been damaged, put out of service or directly hit in Taiz, Lahj and Al-Hodeidah. Asdas IDP camp in Raghwan (Marib) was shelled on 7 September, killing two children and injuring eight. • MoPHP has issued a 72-hour operational package and a formal support request to WHO (9 September): ten ambulances deployed from Aden to Al-Mokha, blood to 22 May Surgical and Aboud hospitals, two supply trucks to Taiz and the West Coast, a unified casualty line list, and nine prioritised requests to WHO led by trauma/anaesthesia supplies, blood-bank consumables and fuel. • WHO's third dispatch is under way. In line with the MoPHP request, surgical supplies, commodities and antibiotics are being dispatched to four hospitals: 22 May Hospital and Al-Gamhoriah Teaching Hospital in Aden, and Marib General Hospital Authority and Kara Hospital in Marib governorate. The Aden consignments are being dispatched on 13 September; the Marib consignments are ready. WHO is also procuring 17,000 single blood bags (450 ml) and 3,000 paediatric blood bags (250 ml), at an estimated cost of US$ 32,000, in response to the MoPHP blood-bank request. The Aden warehouse remains at stock-out for normal saline, sterile surgical gloves, atropine and potassium chloride, and without TESK/trauma kits and anaesthetic drugs.

DhubabMochaTaiz
Sep 15, 2026 · byReliefWeb
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MSF statement on the situation in Mocha, Yemen + Testimony

Country: Yemen Source: Médecins Sans Frontières BRUSSELS/ADEN 11 Sept 2026 - Following the recent escalation of fighting in western Yemen, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that its teams remain in Mocha, supporting the General Hospital. Over the past few days, many people have fled the city, including health staff from most hospitals. With several health facilities currently not functioning, the staff who remain at the General Hospital are a vital source of medical care for people in Mocha. The needs are high and go far beyond trauma care. As of today, around 30 MSF healthcare workers are doing their utmost to help keep essential services running in the hospital, including maternity and paediatric care, as well as treatment for a range of other medical needs, including cholera. ​ Their work is saving lives. ​ For this work to continue, the medical and humanitarian mission must be respected. Medical facilities, vehicles and staff must be protected so that people can safely access the care they need. This is also essential to ensure that patients in critical condition can be safely referred when the treatment they need is not available locally. We are looking for ways to reinforce our team in Mocha, but this is not straightforward. The situation remains highly uncertain and is stressful for both the population and our teams. We are closely monitoring developments and engaging with the relevant authorities on the need to protect medical and humanitarian activities. MSF has been supporting the provision of care in Mocha since 2018. Today, as yesterday, our focus remains clear: to ensure that people in Mocha can continue to access essential medical care despite the current uncertainty. -ENDS- TESTIMONY F rom Lou Cormack, MSF Country Coordinator in Aden, Yemen In Yemen, the escalation of the conflict and the rapid advance of Ansar Allah forces on the western coast have had a profound impact on MSF activities. Lou Cormack, MSF Country Coordinator in Yemen, explains the situation. Our teams have been present in Mocha and the surrounding area since 2018. Our work focuses on improving access to paediatric and maternal healthcare, a lifeline for many women and children in an area where access to such care is a daily challenge. In Mocha, we support the General Hospital through the direct presence of MSF teams, as well as through broader support to the hospital and Ministry of Health staff. Outside the city, we also support maternal and paediatric healthcare in two primary healthcare centres in the region: Mafraq, east of Mocha, and Khawkhah, to the north. In these two facilities, our support includes funding, training, medical equipment and supplies. We do not have permanent MSF teams based there. The rapid evolution of the situation this week, including the swift advance of Ansar Allah forces and their control of most of the western coast, has had a major impact on both medical activities and the needs of the population in recent days. Just a few days ago, our teams in Mocha were preparing to reopen our former field hospital in the city to treat patients, including providing trauma stabilisation, in response to the fighting taking place east of Mafraq and the gradual arrival of displaced people in Mocha. We had already started providing water to displaced people arriving in the city, as well as finalising the setup of cholera isolation and treatment units in Khawkhah and Mocha. We were also increasing our ambulance fleet to refer critical patients to Aden, as hospitals there were at capacity. The rapid advance of Ansar Allah forces has fundamentally changed the situation. Within hours, the hospitals providing trauma services on the western coast were evacuated, while large numbers of people fled Mocha towards the south and Aden, including healthcare workers from the city’s hospitals. The General Hospital in Mocha was no exception. Our team remained in Mocha, but we had to scale back and reorganise our activities and focus on one immediate priority: doing everything possible to keep essential medical services at the General Hospital running. So far, thanks to the commitment of Yemeni doctors, gynaecologists, nurses and other healthcare workers, we have been able to maintain a minimum level of essential care, including deliveries, emergency care and intensive care. As of today, around 30 healthcare workers remain present at the hospital. This may not seem like many, but their work is saving lives. When the city was taken, dozens of patients were still hospitalised in the maternity and paediatric wards. It was essential to maintain their care while continuing to receive patients requiring urgent treatment. On that day, hospital teams cared for two patients who arrived in the paediatric and maternity emergency departments, performed two emergency caesarean sections, and continued caring for seven patients in intensive care and ten babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, in addition to dozens of other patients and babies in the regular wards. The situation remains extremely challenging. As of 11 September, almost all other healthcare facilities in the city had stopped functioning, largely because their staff had left. There is currently no possibility of referring patients, either within the city or to Aden. The medical needs were already enormous before the latest escalation. They are even greater now. We are looking for ways to reinforce our team in Mocha, but this is not straightforward. The situation remains highly stressful for both the population and our teams. There were further bombardments overnight, and there is still considerable uncertainty about what may happen in the coming hours and days. For us to continue providing care, our medical and humanitarian mission must be respected. Medical facilities, vehicles and staff must be protected so that people can safely access the care they need. This is also essential to allow patients in critical condition to be referred safely when the treatment they need is not available locally. Any threat to the medical mission puts the provision of essential healthcare at risk and may jeopardise our ability to continue working in Mocha. Without these basic guarantees, we simply cannot do our job: treating people and saving lives. We do not know what will happen next. What we do know is that medical needs are enormous and go far beyond trauma care. We will continue to do our utmost to support the population and maintain access to essential healthcare for as long as we can. -ENDS- MSF UK media@london.msf.org +44 (0) 207 067 4236

AdénBruselasMocha
Sep 14, 2026 · byReliefWeb
Houthis Advance on Bab al-Mandeb as Saudi Oil Route Comes Under Threat

Houthis Advance on Bab al-Mandeb as Saudi Oil Route Comes Under Threat

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Yemen's Houthis captured the Red Sea port of Mocha on Thursday, taking the approach to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea (and the Suez Canal, beyond it) to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Bab al-Mandeb is 12 miles wide and carries 6.2 million barrels of oil and refined products a day (plus ~80% of the LNG shipped north to Europe). Houthi attacks made these waters unsafe for shipping in 2024, and Suez Canal revenue fell more than 60% that year, costing Egypt $7B. Houthi forces also captured…

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Sep 11, 2026 · byOilPrice.com
Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route

Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route

Rampant Yemeni rebels take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports Violence in Yemen: why it matters and how it is linked to the US-Iran war Yemen’s rampant Houthi forces have captured a strategic island in the Bab al-Mandab strait, expanding their control of the narrow waterway, one of the ​world’s vital shipping routes. The Iran-aligned Houthis took control of the volcanic island after forces allied to the UN-backed, Aden-based government left in the latest of a dramatic series of reverses along Yemen’s west coast in recent days, including the loss of the port city of Mocha on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Houthis seize key Yemeni Red Sea port, sources say, threatening global energy flows

Houthis seize key Yemeni Red Sea port, sources say, threatening global energy flows

Iran-aligned Houthi militants seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday, military sources said, posing a further threat to global energy supplies. Four Yemeni government military sources said the Houthis had gained further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern outlet of the Red Sea and one of the world's most important shipping routes, and were launching attacks on the strategic ​islands of Hanish.

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Sep 10, 2026 · byFrance 24
Houthis seize key Yemeni port of Mocha in drive to take control of Red Sea coast

Houthis seize key Yemeni port of Mocha in drive to take control of Red Sea coast

Iran and its proxies move closer to full control of two shipping chokepoints as regional conflict widens Explained: why the fighting in Yemen matters globally Houthi forces in Yemen are making a concerted drive to take over the country’s Red Sea coast fully, claiming control of the key port of Mocha in the most serious wave of fighting with the Saudi-backed government in years, bringing the Iran-aligned group closer to full control of a key shipping route. Seizure of the coast and some of the islands in the sea would be a strategic disaster for Saudi Arabia and the US, taking Iran and its proxies closer to full control of two choke points for western shipping on opposite sides of the Arabian peninsula: the Bab al-Mandab at the southern end of the Red Sea and the strait of Hormuz in the Gulf. Continue reading...

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Sep 10, 2026 · byThe Guardian