Transport limits are slowing aid deliveries in Yemen, where the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday that more than 340,000 people had been displaced since Aug. 1.
The IOM and partner organizations had assisted 21,384 families with shelter, household items, water, sanitation and cash, the agency said. It also reported 70,535 primary healthcare consultations and protection assistance for 8,242 vulnerable people. Displaced families and host communities bear the humanitarian burden, according to the IOM. “Every day that assistance is delayed puts more families at risk,” said Abdusattor Esoev, the agency’s chief of mission in Yemen.
In a Saturday statement, the government-aligned Giants Brigades said it had repelled an attack in Al-Mudharaba district, Anadolu reported. The group posted footage on Facebook that it described as showing Houthi fighters retreating, the outlet said.
Separately, the government-run Saba News Agency reported airstrikes on Houthi reinforcements in Wadi al-Sahya, in Taiz province’s Al-Shamayatayn district. Anadolu said the dispatch offered no further details and that a Houthi response was not immediately available.
Anadolu said roads through Lahj provide important connections between Aden and other parts of Yemen. It placed the latest clashes within an escalation that began in July, after a period of relative calm dating to April 2022. The outlet said the government’s “Dawn of Yemen” operation aims to restore state institutions and retake Sanaa, citing Rashad al-Alimi.
