Totally Fine Foundation · Issue 004 · Renewed War / Hunger

Yemen Civil War

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Yemen's 2022 ceasefire largely held until the summer of 2026, UN News reports; then it broke. After Saudi strikes on Sanaa airport on 13 July, ACLED reports, the Houthis retaliated against Saudi targets, and Saudi forces struck the Hodeidah port area on 24 July; Houthi attacks on government camps followed on 6 August, and in September the Houthis took the port of Mokha. On 9 October the UN Special Envoy told the Security Council that Yemen had slid back into full-scale war. UNHCR counts more than 250,000 people displaced between 1 August and 17 October. The emergency that ran beneath the ceasefire is still there: more than 22 million people in need, a hunger map with its northern half switched off, suspected cholera cases tripling in three weeks, and 72 UN staff held by the Houthi authorities.

Metrics

The war that came back.

The truce that broke

For four years Yemen's war was quieter than it had been. The UN-mediated truce of April 2022 cut reported fatalities by 85 per cent in its first two months, ACLED recorded, and although the formal agreement expired on 2 October 2022, a 2022 ceasefire largely held until the summer of 2026, UN News reports. The emergency did not leave: OCHA's 2026 plan counts more than 22 million people — over half the country — in need, and asks US$2.16 billion.

In 2026 the quiet ended. On 13 July, ACLED reports, Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport and the Houthis immediately retaliated — their campaign against Saudi territory began that day with a missile fired at Abha airport — and on 24 July Saudi forces struck the Hodeidah port area; on 6 August simultaneous Houthi attacks on government camps in Hadramawt and Marib killed at least 30 soldiers. In September the Houthis swept down the Red Sea coast and took the port of Mokha; they targeted Riyadh on 19 September. The government announced a counter-offensive on 5 October, and on 9 October the UN Special Envoy told the Security Council that Yemen had slid back into full-scale war.

The escalation of conflict in western Yemen is reportedly pushing people across the country's borders, with thousands fleeing by sea to Djibouti. As of 17 October 2026, 3,836 Yemeni nationals had arrived in Djibouti, half of them children, including 282 under age five, according to an IOM release dated 23 October 2026. Most arrivals reportedly cited worsening insecurity as their reason for leaving. The release also noted an unconfirmed account that several boats had to land before reaching their destination after running out of fuel.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 959 deaths and 4,207 injuries had been reported from 10 governorates as of 2 October 2026.

Sources: ACLED — ACLED: Violence in Yemen during the UN-mediated truce, April–October 2022; UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; ACLED — ACLED: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia (August 2026); UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport; ACLED — ACLED: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets (1 October 2026); Médecins Sans Frontières — MSF: Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today, 8 October 2026; Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen — Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council, 9 October 2026; ACLED — The UN-Mediated Truce in Yemen: Impacts of the First Two Months

Displacement and the siege of Taiz

The fighting has set people moving again. IOM's tracking, cited by OCHA, records 231,991 people displaced between 1 August and 14 October; UNHCR counts more than 250,000 to 17 October, with Taiz hosting the largest share. In government-held areas the health ministry's emergency operations centre had recorded 7,173 casualties since 6 August, including 1,282 deaths, by 11 October, and the daily toll doubled in early October, the health response's situation report says — a minimum, since areas under the de facto authorities are not accessible. OHCHR's verified counts are smaller and narrower: 55 civilians killed in 94 incidents in OCHA's latest reporting period, and 32 civilians, 14 of them children, confirmed killed across Taiz governorate.

Taiz is the pressure point. The Houthis took the last main road between the city and government-held areas at the start of October; since 8 October humanitarian partners have been unable to move between Ta'iz City and the southern districts. WFP says it cannot reach more than 600,000 people in Taiz; with communities cut off on the West Coast in early September, 800,000 people are now beyond its reach.

De facto authorities have encircled Ta'iz and closed the only supply route linking the city to Aden. Fighting between Huthi and government forces is reportedly intensifying and moving closer to densely populated areas of Ta'iz. Under international law, the Huthis reportedly have an obligation to ensure that aid and essential goods for civilians in need are not impeded. Ta'iz reportedly hosts Yemen's largest number of internally displaced people.

An escalation of hostilities along Yemen's west coast, beginning on 1 August 2026, has caused civilian displacement. According to IOM Yemen DTM, on 20 September 2026 it recorded an increase of 2,406 individual IDPs compared with the previous report, bringing displacement between 1 August and 20 September 2026 to approximately 128,382 individuals (approximately 21,397 households). According to IOM DTM Yemen Update #9, dated 21 September 2026, cumulative recorded displacement stood at 129,438 individuals as of 20 September 2026; this differs from the approximately 128,382 individuals reported by IOM Yemen DTM for the same date.

International Medical Corps's Situation Report #5, published on 22 October 2026, reported that IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix had recorded 251,125 people (41,853 households) displaced across 10 governorates between 1 August and 17 October 2026; International Medical Corps said the figure represents an increase of approximately 27% from the previous International Medical Corps report.

According to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix, 271,020 people (45,170 households) were displaced between 1 January and 17 October 2026. Separately, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Sana'a said approximately 80,000 households were displaced, according to a statement reported on 28 October 2026.

According to UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 30 October 2026, escalating insecurity, economic collapse, depleting resources and severe humanitarian access constraints are leaving tens of thousands of refugees in Yemen with nowhere safe to turn. Thousands of people continue to risk dangerous sea crossings from the Horn of Africa to Yemen despite the intensifying conflict, according to UNHCR.

Kharaz refugee camp in Lahj governorate, southwestern Yemen, hosts around 9,500 refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia, according to a UNHCR statement dated 30 October 2026. The camp reportedly lies in a government-controlled area tens of kilometres from the fighting. No refugee casualties had been verified there as of 30 October 2026, according to UNHCR. Nearby shelling has reportedly disrupted services at Kharaz and led to movement restrictions. Partners reportedly distributed food inside the camp in coordination with local authorities, and health assistance and water provision reportedly continue.

According to IOM data, more than 268,000 people had been displaced within Yemen as of 23 October 2026, almost all of them since the start of September 2026. The IOM release of 23 October 2026 reported that displaced families were located in 62 districts across ten governorates, reaching as far east as Al Maharah.

Lahj governorate was hosting about 67,000 displaced people, according to the IOM release of 23 October 2026. In Aden, the number of displaced people more than doubled after 7 October 2026 and exceeded 42,000, according to the same release.

International Medical Corps' situation report of 5 November 2026 puts displacement across Yemen at 319,356 people from 53,226 families, an increase of about 27% over its previous report. IOM Yemen DTM's snapshot covering 1 August to 6 October 2026 located 57% of displacement linked to the escalation on the west coast in Ta'iz (114,708), 21% in Lahj (42,264) and 10% in Aden (20,814).

Sources: UN OCHA — OCHA Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen (1 August to 15 October 2026); UNHCR — UNHCR Emergency Update #5: Yemen Situation, 19 October 2026; World Health Organization (EMRO) — WHO: Critical funding gap for the health response in Yemen, 6 October 2026; UN News — Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease; UN News — Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs; World Food Programme — WFP warns escalating Yemen conflict is cutting life-saving assistance in the city of Taiz, 14 October 2026; Yemen health response (situation report posted on ReliefWeb) — Conflict Escalation in Yemen - Situation Report #7 (Reporting period: 3 – 11 October 2026 | Issued: 13 October 2026)

A hunger map split in two

The most important thing about Yemen's hunger figures is that there are two of them, measuring different countries. Nationally, OCHA puts 18.3 million people in acute food insecurity. The sharper recent classification — nearly 5 million in Crisis or worse, 47 per cent of the population, with 1.4 million at Emergency level — describes only the government-controlled areas, because the World Food Programme's activities in Houthi-controlled areas are suspended — since September 2025, by WFP's own annual report.

The north, where much of the population lives, has become a data-and-access blind spot rather than a lower number. Where WFP can still look, the picture is worsening: monitoring it reported on 2 October found 74 per cent of households in accessible areas unable to meet their basic food needs, a record for the year. Present the ~5 million as national and you misread the crisis; present it without the northern gap and the north drops out of the count.

Road closures and insecurity are preventing vital supplies, including fuel, from entering Ta'iz and surrounding areas. Blocked humanitarian aid and restricted access to essential supplies are putting access to food, water and healthcare at grave risk. Commodity prices in Ta'iz have reportedly multiplied as a consequence of the closure and resulting supply restrictions. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen reportedly said on 20 October 2026 that as of that date the health system in Ta'iz is close to collapse, with shortages threatening hospital energy supplies and medical oxygen and putting hundreds of patients at risk.

According to Insecurity Insight's report covering 1 August to 22 September 2026, at least 24 incidents damaged farms, fishing and other food-security assets on Yemen's west coast. The hostilities have reportedly also affected education, food and water systems, damaged transport routes and reduced humanitarian access; insecurity, looting and restrictions are reported to be hampering the humanitarian response.

Sources: UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; WFP, FAO and UNICEF — Acute food insecurity in government-controlled areas (WFP / FAO / UNICEF, IPC); World Food Programme — WFP warns hunger is surging in Yemen as conflict displaces thousands, 2 October 2026; World Food Programme — WFP Yemen - Yemen Annual Country Report 2025 - 2025 Overview

Cholera returns with the fighting

The war left a health system running at partial power: OCHA reports 59.3 per cent of facilities fully functional, and WHO's 2026 appeal adds that just one in five can provide maternal and child health services. In a statement dated December 2024, WHO called Yemen the country with the highest cholera burden in the world — 35 per cent of the global caseload, on 249,900 suspected cases and 861 deaths through the first eleven months of that year.

The counts since belong to their own periods: 87,566 cases from 1 January to 26 October 2025, and 339,371 suspected cases cumulatively since March 2024, a multi-year figure. In 2026 it is rising again amid the displacement: WHO reports suspected cases tripling in three weeks, from 217 in epidemiological week 36 to 647 in week 39, and 8,034 suspected cases with 27 deaths so far this year.

Insecurity Insight's report records at least 11 incidents affecting hospitals, clinics and medical staff on Yemen's west coast between 1 August and 22 September 2026, including repeated strikes on the same medical complex and the obstruction of ambulances, which strained emergency and referral care. The report calls for stronger protection of civilian services and humanitarian operations and for better monitoring of the cumulative effects of the hostilities.

Sources: World Health Organization — Cholera burden: WHO statement, 23 December 2024; UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; ReliefWeb (OCHA) — Yemen: Cholera Outbreak, March 2024 onward (ReliefWeb disaster page); World Health Organization — WHO: Cholera cases surge as conflict in Yemen displaces over 200,000 people, 13 October 2026; UN OCHA — OCHA Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen (1 August to 15 October 2026); World Health Organization — Yemen: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2026

The aid workers who cannot leave

The crisis also reaches the people sent to answer it. The Houthis began a campaign of arrests targeting UN staff and civil society on 31 May 2024, Human Rights Watch documents. The count has moved in snapshots — 69 UN staff by December 2025, 73 by February 2026, all Yemeni nationals according to HRW — and in October WFP and the UN Special Envoy put it at 72, after one release; 37 of them are WFP staff. UN News reported in March that 118 UN staff were detained worldwide, up from 52 a year earlier, with Yemen the single largest concentration.

A World Food Programme aid worker died in Houthi custody on 11 February 2025, HRW reports. Separately, the ICRC said on 17 October 2026 that authorities in Sana'a had released 159 people detained in connection with the current conflict. The detentions are recorded here as the monitors recorded them — attributed, and not turned into a verdict.

Sources: Human Rights Watch — World Report 2026 (Yemen) and detention statements; Amnesty International — Yemen — detentions, deaths in custody and unfair trials; Human Rights Watch — Human Rights Watch briefing: Human rights in Yemen and the release of detained humanitarian workers, 26 August 2026; World Food Programme — WFP warns escalating Yemen conflict is cutting life-saving assistance in the city of Taiz, 14 October 2026; Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen — Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council, 9 October 2026; UN News — UN chief calls for immediate release of 118 detained UN staff; International Committee of the Red Cross — ICRC supports release of 159 detainees in Sana'a, 17 October 2026

How to read a war that came back

The figures here are kept in separate columns, each with its date. The national need is OCHA's — 22 million-plus, 18.3 million acutely food insecure — and it is a plan written before the escalation. The government-area hunger figure is the WFP's and covers only the south. The displacement since August has three counts — IOM's, UNHCR's and the figure relayed by WHO — and they are not merged. The casualty totals are the health authorities'; OHCHR's verified figures are subsets.

The war's cumulative dead still have no single agreed number. A United Nations report in November 2021 projected the toll at 377,000 by the end of that year, direct and indirect deaths combined; it is a model, not a count. This dossier publishes it as history, adds nothing from 2026 to it, and merges none of the columns.

The FAO bulletin published on 21 October 2026 reports that, by 20 October 2026, more than 255,000 people had been internally displaced since the escalation began. According to the bulletin, the newly displaced population was concentrated primarily in Taiz, Lahj, and Aden governorates, accounting for 48%, 25%, and 5%, respectively. The bulletin also reports that 3.1 million people had been displaced previously.

The FAO Yemen Market and Trade Bulletin published on 21 October 2026 reports that 18.3 million people in Yemen were facing acute food insecurity, and more than half the population was in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. According to the bulletin, Yemen's acute food-security crisis is attributed to import dependency, rising prices, humanitarian-funding deficits, and severe climate impacts.

The same bulletin published on 21 October 2026 reports that territorial shifts, insecurity, and access restrictions disrupted trade and import flows and doubled transit times. It also reports that palm-oil prices had increased by up to 17% year on year.

According to a partially confirmed UNFPA report dated 16 October 2026, escalating hostilities in Taiz had severed access to lifesaving care for more than 147,600 women and girls of childbearing age. The same report stated that only 5 of 27 designated emergency maternal and neonatal care hospitals in Taiz city were partially functioning, and that more than 13,100 pregnant women in Taiz city were unable to access maternal health services, including 1,500 expected to give birth within the following two weeks. UNFPA also estimated on 16 October 2026 that at least 500 pregnant women in Taiz would require emergency obstetric and newborn care and could face life-threatening complications without immediate intervention, and reported that nearly 75 percent of protection-from-violence services for women and girls across Taiz Governorate, including safe spaces and shelters, had been suspended.

According to a partially confirmed WHO report dated 22 October 2026, 42 health facilities in Taiz city were experiencing acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines or medical supplies. The same report stated that more than 1,110 people with kidney failure required daily dialysis sessions in Taiz, 192 patients were receiving intensive care and 154 newborns were in incubators, and that hospitals and ambulances in Taiz required more than 156,000 litres of fuel per month to maintain operations.

According to the Yemen HEOC register, as reported in the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, 8,513 casualties (6,939 injured, 1,574 deaths) were recorded by 2026-10-19, an increase of 1,340 during the eight days ending 2026-10-19. The register recorded 428 casualties on 2026-10-19, the highest single-day total reported that month; Shabwah's Jardan district accounted for 205 casualties, including 47 deaths, and Lahj accounted for 140. Deaths accounted for 21.8% of casualties during the reporting period ending 2026-10-19, compared with 18.5% cumulatively.

According to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix, as reported in the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, 256,591 displaced people (42,764 households) were counted in Yemen as of 2026-10-19, up from 201,217 people on 2026-10-07.

According to the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, the main Haygat Al-Abd road was cut and 42 facilities in Taiz city reported severe shortages of medicines, fuel, oxygen, blood and reagents. According to the same situation report, the Joint Medical Emergency Committee estimated that US$624,900 was needed to keep five public hospitals operating for three months, primarily for fuel and staff incentives.

According to the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, suspected cholera cases in the five most-affected governorates fell from 639 in epidemiological week 40 to 562 in week 41; week 42 was incomplete as of 2026-10-20.

According to UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update, as of 17 October 2026, 3,836 refugees had arrived in Djibouti from Yemen; the update reported that children accounted for 51.8 percent of the refugee population (1,987 children) and children under five accounted for 15.9 percent. The update also reported that UNICEF had identified 13 separated children who had arrived with extended family members as of 19 October 2026, and that more than 250,000 people were internally displaced in Yemen between 1 August and 17 October 2026.

UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update reported that, as of 17 October 2026, 56 acute watery diarrhoea cases and 3 deaths had been reported among the arrivals in Djibouti, with children under 15 accounting for 71 percent of cases. The update reported that the Djibouti Ministry of Health leads the acute watery diarrhoea response, while UNICEF supports case management, supplies, infection prevention and control, water treatment, and risk communication. The update reported that as of 19 October 2026, 43 emergency latrines served the site, or approximately 89 people per latrine, compared with a Sphere maximum of 20 people per latrine; the first phase of the site extension required 84 latrines, 84 bathing facilities, and 21 water points.

UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update reported that around 330 children aged 6 to 59 months had been screened in Djibouti as of 19 October 2026; 79 had severe acute malnutrition and 115 had moderate acute malnutrition.

According to International Medical Corps's 22 October 2026 situation report, IMC-supported facilities provided 16,046 medical consultations on Yemen's west coast. It also reported that a mobile medical team provided 691 consultations, screened 161 children under 5 and 47 pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition, immunized 31 women and 61 children, and conducted 69 antenatal care consultations.

International Medical Corps also reported delivering 25 metric tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to 13 health facilities in Al Dhale'e and Lahj governorates.

Sources: UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; WFP, FAO and UNICEF — Acute food insecurity in government-controlled areas (WFP / FAO / UNICEF, IPC); UN OCHA — OCHA Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen (1 August to 15 October 2026); UNHCR — UNHCR Emergency Update #5: Yemen Situation, 19 October 2026; World Health Organization (EMRO) — WHO: Critical funding gap for the health response in Yemen, 6 October 2026; Al Jazeera — Al Jazeera, 23 November 2021: UN report projects Yemen war death toll of 377,000; Yemen health response (situation report posted on ReliefWeb) — Conflict Escalation in Yemen - Situation Report #7 (Reporting period: 3 – 11 October 2026 | Issued: 13 October 2026)

Claims and evidence

Yemen's war has been frozen since the 2022 truce.

Claimant: Common shorthand since the 2022 truce

Evidence status: disputed

Counterclaim: The UN Special Envoy told the Security Council on 9 October 2026 that Yemen had slid back into full-scale war.

Independent assessment: Accurate for the main fronts from 2022 to mid-2026, outdated since: ACLED records Saudi strikes on the Hodeidah port area on 24 July and Houthi attacks on government camps on 6 August, the Houthis took Mokha in September, and the government announced a counter-offensive on 5 October.

Sources: Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen — Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council, 9 October 2026; ACLED — ACLED: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia (August 2026); UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport; Médecins Sans Frontières — MSF: Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today, 8 October 2026

The ~5 million 'Crisis or worse' figure describes Yemen as a whole.

Claimant: Common misreading of the IPC / WFP number

Evidence status: disputed

Counterclaim: That IPC analysis is explicitly a partial analysis of government-controlled areas only.

Independent assessment: False as a national figure: nationally OCHA counts 18.3 million acutely food insecure, and the Houthi-controlled north is a blind spot after the WFP pause. Presenting the government-area figure as national is a documented error class.

Sources: UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; WFP, FAO and UNICEF — Acute food insecurity in government-controlled areas (WFP / FAO / UNICEF, IPC)

Yemen's food insecurity is caused by a single party.

Claimant: Single-cause narratives from each side

Evidence status: disputed

Counterclaim: Food-security bodies name multiple drivers at once.

Independent assessment: Disputed: the drivers named include economic collapse and currency depreciation, sharp funding cuts, import and access constraints, contested governance and climate shocks — plus the suspension of WFP's activities in Houthi-controlled areas since September 2025, which followed a raid on its offices and the detention of staff, and, since early October 2026, the loss of the last main road into Taiz. Any single-party attribution is unsupported.

Sources: WFP, FAO and UNICEF — Acute food insecurity in government-controlled areas (WFP / FAO / UNICEF, IPC); Human Rights Watch — World Report 2026 (Yemen) and detention statements; World Food Programme — WFP warns escalating Yemen conflict is cutting life-saving assistance in the city of Taiz, 14 October 2026; World Food Programme — WFP Yemen - Yemen Annual Country Report 2025 - 2025 Overview; UN News — Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs

The Houthis' attacks at sea and on Israel are about Gaza alone.

Claimant: Gaza-solidarity framing used by the Houthis since 2023

Evidence status: disputed

Counterclaim: UN News ties the Houthi attacks on Israel from the end of March 2026 to the US–Iran conflict, and ACLED describes the 2026 maritime campaign as a blockade of Saudi-linked shipping.

Independent assessment: Disputed: since July 2026, ACLED reports, the Houthis have attacked 10 commercial ships, striking at least six; seven flew a Saudi flag or belonged to a Saudi company, and the Houthis claimed Saudi links for two of the remaining three. ACLED records no corroborated attacks between 24 August and 1 October.

Sources: ACLED — ACLED: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets (1 October 2026); UN News — Yemenis are ‘hanging by a thread’ top aid official warns Security Council

Timeline

  1. — UN-brokered truce takes effect — first nationwide ceasefire in years

    A UN-brokered truce between Houthi forces and the Saudi-led coalition took effect in April 2022. It expired on 2 October 2022 when the parties rejected an extension; UN News reports that the ceasefire largely held until the summer of 2026.

    Sources: UNOCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Crisis — UNOCHA; ACLED — ACLED: Violence in Yemen during the UN-mediated truce, April–October 2022; UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport

  2. — Houthi forces begin attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza

    Houthi forces began launching missiles and drones at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, citing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The attacks triggered a US-led military response (Operation Prosperity Guardian) and significant disruption to global shipping.

    Sources: ACLED — Yemen — ACLED Tracker; UNOCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Crisis — UNOCHA

  3. — Saudi strikes hit Sanaa airport; the Houthis retaliate

    ACLED reports that Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport on 13 July and that the Houthis immediately retaliated; between 13 July and 14 August they carried out 16 attacks on Saudi assets, including seven oil facilities and six oil tankers. Their campaign began with an intercepted missile fired at Abha International Airport.

    Sources: ACLED — ACLED: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia (August 2026); ACLED — ACLED: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets (1 October 2026)

  4. — Saudi strikes hit the Hodeidah port area and Kamaran Island

    Saudi forces struck military sites in the al-Hodeidah port area and on Kamaran Island in response to Houthi attacks, according to ACLED.

    Sources: ACLED — ACLED: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia (August 2026)

  5. — Houthi strike on Nation's Shield Forces camps in Hadramawt

    A Houthi strike on Nation's Shield Forces camps in Hadramawt killed approximately 30 people, according to the SARI Global estimate carried by ReliefWeb.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (Aug 2026)

  6. — Houthi ballistic-missile and drone strike on Marib

    A Houthi ballistic-missile and drone strike on Marib killed 15 people, according to the SARI Global estimate carried by ReliefWeb.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (Aug 2026)

  7. — Weekly incident and fatality totals recorded across Yemen

    From 3 to 9 August 2026, 119 operational incidents and 102 fatalities were recorded across Yemen, according to the SARI Global estimate/report carried by ReliefWeb. Ansar Allah (the Houthi movement) initiated 36 incidents causing 61 fatalities, and Yemeni Government forces aligned with the Presidential Leadership Council initiated 32 incidents. The two 6 August strikes killed approximately 45 people combined and drove the week's fatality total; ballistic missiles and drones were concentrated on the Marib and Hadramawt fronts, which the report characterized as a sharp escalation in conflict lethality.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (Aug 2026)

  8. — Fighting escalates on the Taiz fronts

    Hostilities escalated along the Ta'iz frontlines with intense shelling and clashes in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi; about 1,790 households were displaced in the first reporting, OCHA said.

    Sources: UN OCHA — OCHA Flash Update: Escalation of hostilities and mass displacement in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi, Taiz, 4 September 2026

  9. — Clashes in Mokha breach WFP premises; the Houthis take the port in September

    WFP reported clashes in Al Mokha from 9 September that breached its premises and cut off at least 49 food distribution points; UN News and MSF report that the Houthis captured the port of Mokha and islands in the Bab al-Mandab strait in September.

    Sources: World Food Programme — WFP scales up response in Yemen as fighting displaces thousands, 17 September 2026; UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport; Médecins Sans Frontières — MSF: Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today, 8 October 2026

  10. — Houthi missiles target Riyadh for the first time in the escalation

    The Houthis targeted Riyadh for the first time in the current escalation; Saudi authorities said the missile was intercepted, ACLED reports.

    Sources: ACLED — ACLED: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets (1 October 2026)

  11. — Government announces a counter-offensive

    The internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi Arabia, announced a counter-offensive against the Houthi advance; MSF described territorial control as unclear on 8 October.

    Sources: Médecins Sans Frontières — MSF: Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today, 8 October 2026

  12. — UN envoy: Yemen has slid back into full-scale war

    UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council that Yemen had slid back into full-scale war, with hostilities spreading across multiple frontlines.

    Sources: Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen — Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council, 9 October 2026

  13. — UN condemns Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport

    The UN Secretary-General condemned a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's main airport that Saudi authorities say killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.

    Sources: UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport

  14. — Suspected cholera cases triple in three weeks

    WHO reported weekly suspected cholera cases rising from 217 in week 36 to 647 in week 39 of 2026, with 8,034 suspected cases and 27 deaths so far in the year.

    Sources: World Health Organization — WHO: Cholera cases surge as conflict in Yemen displaces over 200,000 people, 13 October 2026

  15. — WFP: more than 600,000 people in Taiz beyond its reach

    WFP said it and its partners cannot access more than 600,000 people in Taiz who depend on aid; with communities cut off on the West Coast in early September, 800,000 people are beyond its reach. 72 UN personnel remain detained by the Houthis, 37 of them WFP staff.

    Sources: World Food Programme — WFP warns escalating Yemen conflict is cutting life-saving assistance in the city of Taiz, 14 October 2026

  16. — UNHCR counts more than 250,000 displaced since 1 August

    UNHCR reported displacement inside Yemen reaching more than 250,000 people between 1 August and 17 October, with Taiz hosting the largest share; IOM DTM recorded 231,991 to 14 October.

    Sources: UNHCR — UNHCR Emergency Update #5: Yemen Situation, 19 October 2026; UN OCHA — OCHA Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen (1 August to 15 October 2026)

  17. — UN rights chief: 32 civilians confirmed killed in Taiz governorate

    Volker Türk urged Houthi fighters encircling Taiz City to let aid in and said 32 civilians, including 14 children, had been confirmed killed across the governorate.

    Sources: UN News — Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease

  18. — Map title attributes new displacement to west-coast escalation

    A map titled "Map of New Displacement due to Escalation in the West Coast - Yemen Situation 17 Oct 2026" attributes new displacement to an escalation affecting Yemen's west coast. The 17 October 2026 date appears in the map title; the document record gives 19 October 2026 as publication date. The document record lists coverage of Yemen, Djibouti, and Somalia and identifies Yemen's population group as internally displaced persons. The document record also lists a Yemen situation update dated 18 October 2026 attributed to the CCCM Cluster, Shelter Cluster, Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Cluster, and UNHCR.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  19. — FAO bulletin (21 October 2026): more than 255,000 displaced by 20 October since escalation began

    According to the FAO bulletin published on 21 October 2026, by 20 October 2026 more than 255,000 people had been internally displaced since the escalation began. The bulletin reports the newly displaced population was concentrated primarily in Taiz, Lahj, and Aden governorates, at 48%, 25%, and 5%, respectively, and says 3.1 million people had been displaced previously.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  20. — FAO bulletin (21 October 2026) says 18.3 million in acute food insecurity

    The FAO Yemen Market and Trade Bulletin published on 21 October 2026 says 18.3 million people in Yemen were facing acute food insecurity and more than half the population was in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The bulletin attributes the crisis to import dependency, rising prices, humanitarian-funding deficits, and severe climate impacts.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  21. — FAO bulletin (21 October 2026) reports trade disruption doubled transit times and palm-oil prices up 17%

    The FAO bulletin published on 21 October 2026 reports that territorial shifts, insecurity, and access restrictions disrupted trade and import flows and doubled transit times. The same bulletin reports that palm-oil prices had increased by up to 17% year on year.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  22. — UN reportedly warns Ta'iz health system near collapse

    The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen reportedly said on 20 October 2026 that as of that date the health system in Ta'iz is close to collapse, with shortages threatening hospital energy supplies and medical oxygen and putting hundreds of patients at risk.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  23. — UNFPA warns of severed maternal care access in Taiz

    According to a partially confirmed UNFPA report dated 16 October 2026, escalating hostilities in Taiz had severed access to lifesaving care for more than 147,600 women and girls of childbearing age. The same report stated that only 5 of 27 designated emergency maternal and neonatal care hospitals in Taiz city were partially functioning, that more than 13,100 pregnant women were unable to access maternal health services including 1,500 expected to give birth within two weeks, that at least 500 pregnant women would require emergency obstetric and newborn care and could face life-threatening complications without immediate intervention, and that nearly 75 percent of protection-from-violence services for women and girls across Taiz Governorate had been suspended.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  24. — WHO reports critical shortages in Taiz health facilities

    According to a partially confirmed WHO report dated 22 October 2026, 42 health facilities in Taiz city were experiencing acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines or medical supplies. The same report stated that more than 1,110 people with kidney failure required daily dialysis sessions in Taiz, 192 patients were receiving intensive care and 154 newborns were in incubators, and that hospitals and ambulances in Taiz required more than 156,000 litres of fuel per month to maintain operations.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  25. — HEOC register reported 8,513 casualties as of 2026-10-19

    According to the Yemen HEOC register, as reported in the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, 8,513 casualties (6,939 injured, 1,574 deaths) were recorded by 2026-10-19, an increase of 1,340 during the eight days ending 2026-10-19. The register recorded 428 casualties on 2026-10-19, the highest single-day total reported that month; Shabwah's Jardan district accounted for 205 casualties, including 47 deaths, and Lahj accounted for 140. Deaths accounted for 21.8% of casualties during the reporting period ending 2026-10-19, compared with 18.5% cumulatively.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  26. — IOM displacement tracking reported 256,591 displaced people as of 2026-10-19

    According to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix, as reported in the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, 256,591 displaced people (42,764 households) were counted in Yemen as of 2026-10-19, up from 201,217 people on 2026-10-07.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  27. — Situation report issued on 2026-10-20 reported Taiz facility shortages and US$624,900 hospital estimate

    According to the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, the main Haygat Al-Abd road was cut and 42 facilities in Taiz city reported severe shortages of medicines, fuel, oxygen, blood and reagents. The Joint Medical Emergency Committee estimated that US$624,900 was needed to keep five public hospitals operating for three months, primarily for fuel and staff incentives.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  28. — Suspected cholera cases reported at 562 in epidemiological week 41

    According to the situation report issued on 2026-10-20, suspected cholera cases in the five most-affected governorates fell from 639 in epidemiological week 40 to 562 in week 41; week 42 was incomplete as of 2026-10-20.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  29. — UNICEF flash update reports 3,836 refugees arrived in Djibouti from Yemen as of 17 October 2026

    According to UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update, as of 17 October 2026, 3,836 refugees had arrived in Djibouti from Yemen; the update reported that children accounted for 51.8 percent of the refugee population (1,987 children) and children under five accounted for 15.9 percent. The same update reported that more than 250,000 people were internally displaced in Yemen between 1 August and 17 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  30. — UNICEF reports 56 acute watery diarrhoea cases and 3 deaths among Djibouti arrivals as of 17 October 2026

    UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update reported that, as of 17 October 2026, 56 acute watery diarrhoea cases and 3 deaths had been reported among arrivals in Djibouti, with children under 15 accounting for 71 percent of cases.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  31. — UNICEF reports sanitation capacity at Djibouti site as of 19 October 2026

    UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update reported that, as of 19 October 2026, 43 emergency latrines served the site, or approximately 89 people per latrine, compared with a Sphere maximum of 20 people per latrine; the first phase of the site extension required 84 latrines, 84 bathing facilities, and 21 water points.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  32. — UNICEF reports acute malnutrition findings among screened children in Djibouti

    UNICEF's 19 October 2026 flash update reported that around 330 children aged 6 to 59 months had been screened in Djibouti as of 19 October 2026; 79 had severe acute malnutrition and 115 had moderate acute malnutrition. The same update reported that UNICEF had identified 13 separated children who had arrived with extended family members as of 19 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  33. — West coast hostilities escalate

    An escalation of hostilities begins along Yemen's west coast, causing civilian displacement.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  34. — IOM DTM records west coast displacement

    According to IOM Yemen DTM, displacement from the west coast escalation reached approximately 128,382 individuals between 1 August and 20 September 2026. According to IOM DTM Yemen Update #9, dated 21 September 2026, cumulative recorded displacement stood at 129,438 individuals as of the same date; the two IOM DTM totals for 20 September 2026 differ.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  35. — Insecurity Insight report period ends: incidents affecting health and food services

    An Insecurity Insight report covering 1 August to 22 September 2026 records at least 11 incidents affecting hospitals, clinics and medical staff and at least 24 incidents damaging farms, fishing and other food-security assets on Yemen's west coast. Humanitarian access has reportedly been reduced, and insecurity, looting and restrictions are reported to be hampering the humanitarian response.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  36. — Hostilities intensify in late August and early September

    According to International Medical Corps, hostilities that began in July 2026 intensified in late August and early September, triggering large-scale population movements toward neighbouring governorates.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  37. — IOM DTM records 251,125 people displaced in Yemen

    According to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix, as cited by International Medical Corps on 22 October 2026, 251,125 people (41,853 households) were displaced across 10 governorates between 1 August and 17 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  38. — UNHCR briefing on refugees in Yemen

    UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh said tens of thousands of refugees face escalating insecurity, economic collapse and severe access constraints.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  39. — Sea crossings from Horn of Africa continue

    Thousands continue to risk dangerous sea crossings from the Horn of Africa to Yemen despite the intensifying conflict, according to UNHCR.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  40. — Aid and disruptions at Kharaz refugee camp

    Partners reportedly distributed food at Kharaz camp and health and water provision reportedly continue, while nearby shelling reportedly disrupted services and led to movement restrictions.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-10)

  41. — Yemeni arrivals in Djibouti reach 3,836

    As of 17 October 2026, 3,836 Yemeni nationals had arrived in Djibouti, half of them children including 282 under age five, according to an IOM release dated 23 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  42. — Displacement within Yemen exceeds 268,000

    As of 23 October 2026, more than 268,000 people had been displaced within Yemen, almost all since the start of September 2026, according to IOM data.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  43. — Aden displaced population exceeds 42,000

    In Aden, the number of displaced people more than doubled after 7 October 2026 and exceeded 42,000, according to the IOM release of 23 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  44. — Displaced families located in 62 districts across ten governorates

    Lahj governorate was hosting about 67,000 displaced people, and displaced families were located in 62 districts across ten governorates, reaching as far east as Al Maharah, according to the IOM release of 23 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  45. — WFP reports record-high inadequate food consumption in GoY-controlled Yemen

    According to the World Food Programme's update published 6 November 2026, inadequate food consumption in Government-of-Yemen-controlled areas reached a record high in the most recent monthly reference period covered by the update, and nearly three-quarters of households adopted at least one food-based coping strategy to address food shortages, indicating depleting household resilience. WFP states that conflict-affected areas, particularly the encircled districts of Ta'iz governorate, are disproportionately affected, and it expects conditions to worsen through the end of the year.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  46. — WFP Emergency Food Security Assessment for newly displaced people ongoing

    As of 6 November 2026, the World Food Programme reported that an Emergency Food Security Assessment for newly displaced people in Yemen was ongoing.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  47. — Ministry of Health reports 959 deaths and 4,207 injuries

    According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 959 deaths and 4,207 injuries had been reported from 10 governorates as of 2 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  48. — IOM and WHO report about 200,000 displaced since escalation began

    IOM Yemen DTM recorded 201,217 cumulative IDPs (33,535 households) since the current escalation began as of 6 October 2026, including an increase of 27,072 individuals that day; WHO reported almost 198,000 displaced since the escalation began. IOM DTM data covering 1 August to 6 October show 57% of displacement linked to the escalation on the west coast in Ta'iz (114,708), 21% in Lahj (42,264) and 10% in Aden (20,814).

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  49. — WHO says additional $700,000 required for Djibouti refugee response

    WHO said an additional US$700,000 is required for the refugee response in Djibouti, according to a statement dated 6 October 2026.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  50. — IMC reports 319,356 displaced across Yemen

    International Medical Corps reported 319,356 people from 53,226 families displaced across Yemen as of 5 November 2026, about 27% more than in its previous situation report.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

  51. — IMC reports expanded mobile medical teams and supply distribution

    International Medical Corps' 5 November 2026 situation report says mobile medical teams in Abyan and Lahj provided 1,219 consultations and screened 444 children and 118 pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition, 56 metric tons of essential medicines and supplies were distributed across Aden, Al Dhale'e, Lahj and Taiz, and supported facilities on the west coast provided 23,347 medical consultations.

    Sources: ReliefWeb (OCHA) — ReliefWeb reports ingested by editorial pipeline (2026-11)

Open questions

  • How many people face Crisis or worse food insecurity in Houthi-controlled areas? OCHA counts 18.3 million in acute food insecurity nationally, but the count of about 5 million in Crisis or worse covers government-controlled areas only, and WFP's activities in Houthi areas have been suspended since September 2025.
  • How many people are displaced in Yemen? IOM, UNHCR and the Executive Unit for IDP Camp Management each give a different count.
  • Will OCHA revise the 2026 plan for the escalation, and how much of it is funded after the 21 per cent reported on 22 September?
  • Who controls Mokha and the Bab al-Mandab islands? Saudi Arabia and the government claim to have retaken the strait; the Houthis deny it.
  • Will humanitarian access to Taiz City reopen, and what happens to the more than 600,000 people there that WFP says it cannot reach?

Source registry

  1. UN OCHA — Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026; humanitarian; 2026-03-29
  2. WFP, FAO and UNICEF — Acute food insecurity in government-controlled areas (WFP / FAO / UNICEF, IPC); humanitarian; 2026-06-03
  3. World Health Organization — Cholera burden: WHO statement, 23 December 2024; humanitarian; 2024-12-23
  4. UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism / UNOPS — UNVIM Situation Report, August 2026; primary_document; 2026-09-22
  5. UN News — UN chief calls for immediate release of 118 detained UN staff; human_rights; 2026-03-25
  6. Human Rights Watch — World Report 2026 (Yemen) and detention statements; human_rights; 2026-01-16
  7. Amnesty International — Yemen — detentions, deaths in custody and unfair trials; human_rights; 2026-06-07
  8. ACLED — ACLED: Violence in Yemen during the UN-mediated truce, April–October 2022; research; 2022-10-14
  9. US Congressional Research Service (with Security Council Report and CFR) — Yemen — In Focus IF12581; research; 2026-02-20
  10. Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen — Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council, 9 October 2026; official_position; 2026-10-09
  11. UN News — ‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport; news; 2026-10-11
  12. ACLED — ACLED: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia (August 2026); research; 2026-08-19
  13. ACLED — ACLED: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets (1 October 2026); research; 2026-10-01
  14. UN OCHA — OCHA Flash Update: Escalation of hostilities and mass displacement in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi, Taiz, 4 September 2026; humanitarian; 2026-09-04
  15. UN OCHA — OCHA Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen (1 August to 15 October 2026); humanitarian; 2026-10-18
  16. UNHCR — UNHCR Emergency Update #5: Yemen Situation, 19 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-19
  17. World Health Organization (EMRO) — WHO: Critical funding gap for the health response in Yemen, 6 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-06
  18. World Health Organization — WHO: Cholera cases surge as conflict in Yemen displaces over 200,000 people, 13 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-13
  19. ReliefWeb (OCHA) — Yemen: Cholera Outbreak, March 2024 onward (ReliefWeb disaster page); humanitarian; date not supplied
  20. World Food Programme — WFP warns escalating Yemen conflict is cutting life-saving assistance in the city of Taiz, 14 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-14
  21. World Food Programme — WFP warns hunger is surging in Yemen as conflict displaces thousands, 2 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-02
  22. UN News — Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease; human_rights; 2026-10-20
  23. UN News — Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs; news; 2026-10-13
  24. IFRC — IFRC Emergency Appeal: Yemen Population Movement (MDRYE018), 1 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-01
  25. UN OCHA — OCHA Yemen Humanitarian Update, April 2026; humanitarian; 2026-05-14
  26. Human Rights Watch — Human Rights Watch briefing: Human rights in Yemen and the release of detained humanitarian workers, 26 August 2026; human_rights; 2026-08-26
  27. Médecins Sans Frontières — MSF: Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today, 8 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-08
  28. Al Jazeera — Al Jazeera, 23 November 2021: UN report projects Yemen war death toll of 377,000; news; 2021-11-23
  29. World Food Programme — WFP scales up response in Yemen as fighting displaces thousands, 17 September 2026; humanitarian; 2026-09-17
  30. UN News — Yemenis are ‘hanging by a thread’ top aid official warns Security Council; news; 2026-04-14
  31. International Committee of the Red Cross — ICRC supports release of 159 detainees in Sana'a, 17 October 2026; humanitarian; 2026-10-17
  32. ACLED — The UN-Mediated Truce in Yemen: Impacts of the First Two Months; research; 2022-06-14
  33. World Food Programme — WFP Yemen - Yemen Annual Country Report 2025 - 2025 Overview; humanitarian; date not supplied
  34. World Health Organization — Yemen: WHO Health Emergency Appeal 2026; humanitarian; 2026-01-30
  35. Yemen health response (situation report posted on ReliefWeb) — Conflict Escalation in Yemen - Situation Report #7 (Reporting period: 3 – 11 October 2026 | Issued: 13 October 2026); humanitarian; 2026-10-13

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