Nearly 1,000 Families Displaced in Yemen’s Taiz, Government Report Says

    At least 917 families have been displaced from their homes in two districts of Yemen’s southwestern Taiz governorate, according to a preliminary assessment by the government’s Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons’ Camps.

The report recorded 752 displaced families from Maqbanah district and another 165 from Jabal Habashi, with families fleeing several villages and relocating to comparatively safer areas across the governorate.

Many left their homes suddenly and without prior preparation, forcing them to abandon property and essential belongings, the government assessment said.

The newly displaced families require urgent shelter, food, drinking water, healthcare and basic household supplies.

Women, children, older people and families without stable accommodation are considered particularly vulnerable.

The latest displacement is also placing additional pressure on host communities already struggling with deteriorating public services, rising living costs and limited capacity to accommodate further arrivals.

Local authorities and humanitarian organisations have been urged to conduct rapid field assessments and provide emergency assistance, particularly to families without adequate shelter or sources of income.

The figures remain preliminary and could rise as registration continues and additional displaced families reach safer areas.

The displacement followed renewed clashes between Houthi forces and government-aligned troops across several fronts in western Taiz. The escalation came amid intensified Houthi pressure along routes leading toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Fighters were reportedly killed on both sides, but no independently confirmed casualty figures were available.