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Nearly 86,000 flee fighting in Yemen: UN

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:28:00 +0000

Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). File
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Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said Sunday, with the number surging by 10,000 from a day earlier.

Tens of thousands have taken flight in the wake of a week-long Houthi offensive that culminated in the group capturing the remainder of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and several strategic islands, cementing their hold on the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.

“Displacement in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, has now reached 85,818 people,” the International Organization for Migration said in a statement, a day after putting the number of people displaced since July at 76,000.

The UN agency stressed that more than 82,000 of those displaced had been forced to flee their homes since the start of September, when the Houthis, who have for years controlled large parts of northern Yemen, launched their large-scale offensive against Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

The displacements had happened across the west coast and Taiz areas, the IOM said.

Taiz was the hardest-hit, it said, with some 9,280 households, or nearly 56,000 people, displaced from districts in that province alone.

And now, some of those displaced have begun fleeing Yemen altogether, IOM said, pointing out that more than 2,000 people had reached Djibouti.

The UN body told AFP that the first arrivals landed on Thursday evening (September 10, 2026).

Djibouti lies opposite Yemen across the Bab al-Mandab strait, which has become an important artery for Saudi Arabian oil exports after Iran began its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the West Asia war.

Those arriving in Djibouti — many of them women and young children — had been transported to a site in Obock where they were receiving assistance, IOM said, warning that “more are expected to flee as fighting intensifies”.

“Behind every number is a family who’s lost everything,” IOM chief Amy Pope said in the statement.

“Many have been displaced multiple times. People are crossing the sea with nothing because they have no other choice left,” she said.

Ms. Pope highlighted that Yemen was a “country torn by poverty and conflict, and it cannot carry this crisis alone”.

“I call on donors to scale up support now, for those arriving in Djibouti and for the communities in Obock receiving them.”

Published – September 13, 2026 10:58 pm IST

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Israel Army says intercepted missile, drone launched from Yemen

admin — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:58:50 +0000

Much of Yemen is controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have been firing missiles and drones at Israel — as well as at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden — in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians
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Israel’s military reported that it shot down a missile and a drone launched from Yemen on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks from the country targeting Israel in recent weeks.

“A missile that was launched from Yemen and crossed into Israeli territory was intercepted,” the military said in a statement posted to its Telegram channel.

“A report was received regarding shrapnel from the interception that fell in the area of Modi’in in central Israel. The details are under review.”

Israel’s emergency service provider, Magen David Adom, reported that it had treated several people who were injured or experienced panic attacks on their way to shelters after air raid sirens sounded in the centre and south of the country.

Hours later the military announced that it had also shot down a drone launched from Yemen.

The drone was intercepted before it entered Israel, the military added.

On Tuesday, Israel also said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.

Much of Yemen is controlled by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have been firing missiles and drones at Israel — as well as at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden — in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The Houthis have stepped up their attacks since November’s ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israel has also struck Yemen, including targeting Sanaa’s international airport at the end of December.

Published – January 03, 2025 10:28 pm IST

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Yemen’s Houthis say their missile hit India-bound Andromeda Star oil ship in Red Sea

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 02:03:22 +0000

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Yemen’s Houthis said on April 27 their missiles hit the Andromeda Star oil tanker in the Red Sea, as they continue attacking commercial ships in the area in a show of support for Palestinians fighting Israel in the Gaza war.

The ship’s master reported damage to the vessel, British maritime security firm Ambrey said.

Houthis missiles hit Andromeda Star oil tanker in Red Sea

Houthi spokesman Yahya Sarea said the Panama-flagged ship was British-owned, but shipping data shows it was recently sold, according to LSEG data and Ambrey. Its current owner is Seychelles-registered. The tanker is engaged in Russia-linked trade. It was en route from Primorsk, Russia, to Vadinar, India, Ambrey said.

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The Red Sea crisis

Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden since November, forcing shippers to re-route cargo to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa and stoking fears the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilize the Middle East.

The attack on the Andromeda Star comes after a brief pause in the Houthis’ campaign that targets ships with ties to Israel, the United States and Britain.

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier sailed out of the Red Sea via the Suez Canal on April 26 after assisting a U.S.-led coalition to protect commercial shipping. The Houthis on Friday said they downed an American MQ-9 drone in airspace of Yemen’s Saada province.

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