UN: More than 333 thousand people have been displaced in Yemen since August

In the statement made by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), it was stated that civilians in Yemen continue to pay a heavy price, violence damaged health facilities, forced families to leave their homes and disrupted the activities of humanitarian aid workers.

In the statement, it was stated that OCHA confirmed that 72 civilians had died and 217 civilians had been injured since the beginning of August.

It was noted that half of the civilian casualties in question were children, and women and children accounted for approximately two-thirds of the total civilian casualties.

In the UN statement, it was reported that the number of people displaced due to the conflicts has exceeded 333 thousand since the beginning of August, and more than 24 thousand Yemenis had to leave their homes in the last week alone.

It was reported that Taiz province in the southwestern part of the country hosts more than 140 thousand displaced people.

It was stated that transportation is still limited in the city of Taiz, and local authorities allowed the passage of a small aid consisting of approximately 400 sacks of wheat flour on Wednesday.

In the statement, it was stated that restrictions on transportation routes have negative consequences on the local economy, causing disruptions in commercial transportation, shortage of goods and increased instability in markets.

It was reported that local banks imposed restrictions on individuals' cash withdrawal transactions, which made living conditions even more difficult.

It was noted that despite these difficulties, humanitarian partners continued their aid within the means possible and managed to reach more than 255 thousand displaced people, mostly women and children.

The "Dawn of Yemen" military operation, which Yemeni Presidential Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi stated aims to take back state institutions from the Houthi movement and establish control in the capital Sanaa, has been continuing since October 5, 2026.

This is happening within the framework of the most comprehensive military escalation seen since the relative calm in Yemen thanks to the ceasefire that started in April 2022.

Yemen has been the scene of civil war since the Houthis took control of the capital Sanaa and some provinces in September 2014. The Arab Coalition led by Saudi Arabia has also been providing military support to the Yemeni government since March 2015.