The Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps said Sunday that 21,583 families, comprising 146,943 people, were displaced between Sept. 1 and 18, Anadolu Agency reported.
The displacement was recorded across eight provinces: Taiz, Lahj, Aden, Abyan, Shabwa, Al-Hudaydah, Hadhramout and Al Mahrah.
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Taiz recorded the largest number of displaced people, with 11,534 families, or 80,792 people, arriving across 15 districts. Lahj followed with 5,472 families, comprising 38,304 people, across nine districts.
In Aden, the government body recorded 1,622 displaced families, totaling 7,162 people. Most were reportedly hosted by local families across several districts.
Another 1,471 families, comprising 10,297 people, were displaced to the Hays and Al Khawkhah districts of Al-Hudaydah, while Abyan received 1,278 families, totaling 8,946 people.
The authorities also recorded 110 displaced families in Hadhramout, 70 in Al Mahrah and 26 in Shabwa.
The Executive Unit urged international and local humanitarian organizations to provide “urgent, life-saving assistance” to displaced communities. It warned that delays in aid could worsen the humanitarian situation and increase pressure on host communities.
The latest displacement figures come amid renewed military escalation along Yemen’s western coast and in parts of Taiz province, where Houthi forces have reportedly advanced against positions previously held by government forces.
Fighting has also resumed on several fronts in Taiz, Marib and Al Jawf in northern Yemen and Al Bayda in the central part of the country.
The escalation, which began in early July, has been described as the most serious since a UN-brokered truce in April 2022.
The fighting intensified in September, with Houthi forces reportedly capturing several strategic positions in Al-Hudaydah and Taiz provinces, including the strategic city of Mokha and areas extending toward Mayun Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Yemen’s conflict began in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and expanded their control over several provinces. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
The renewed fighting has added to Yemen’s long-running humanitarian crisis, with thousands of civilians forced to leave their homes as front lines shift across the country.
