Over 120,000 Yemenis flee Red Sea as Houthis push toward strait
Families escape escalating fighting along Yemen's coast, with 3,000 arriving in Djibouti in recent days alone.
What to know
- Yemen's Houthis launched a major offensive down the coast toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait this month, prompting Saudi-backed forces to respond with hundreds of air strikes and the Houthis to launch drones and missiles at Saudi cities.
- The UN estimates 120,000 Yemenis have been displaced by the escalating fighting, with over 3,000 arriving at refugee camps in Djibouti in recent days alone.
- Refugees report indiscriminate bombing from both sides and describe fleeing for their children's safety regardless of which faction is attacking.
“It was the planes. The sounds of the planes, boom! That's what made us flee, for the sake of our children. It burns ours hearts. We don't know which side they are from. They are bombing everywhere, because the Houthis are everywhere, in the mountains, in the roads. A plane comes, bombs everywhere.”
Qassim Abraham Abssy, Refugee, age 100 · BBC ↗
Ibrahim Issa Refugee from coastal YemenQassim Abraham Abssy Refugee, 100 years oldYemen's Houthis Armed group controlling most of YemenSaudi Arabia Regional power backing Yemen's government
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BBC reporter documents refugee conditions at Markazi camp
Frank Gardner visits Markazi camp in Djibouti and interviews families who fled the fighting. Refugees describe indiscriminate bombing affecting both sides of the conflict and explain that survival, not political allegiance, drove their decision to flee.
“We don't care which side it is that's attacking. It's the bombs falling all around us that have caused us to flee.”
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Yemeni flee across the Red Sea as the conflict with Saudi Arabia escalates. The conflict in the Middle East will not end any time soon, regardless of what Trump says.
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Over 120,000 Yemenis displaced; 3,000 flee to Djibouti in days — The UN estimates that more than 120,000 Yemenis have been displaced by the surge in fighting along Yemen's Red Sea coast. In just the last few days, over 3,000 refugees arrived at Markazi camp in Obock, northern Djibouti, having crossed the Bab al-Mandab Strait by boat.
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Houthis launch drones and missiles at Saudi cities — The Houthis launch hundreds of drones and missiles at cities and infrastructure in south-western Saudi Arabia, including what Saudi authorities describe as the first air raid alerts for Riyadh since the escalation.
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Saudi-backed forces respond with hundreds of air strikes — Saudi Arabia, backing Yemen's internationally recognized government, responds to the Houthi advance with hundreds of air strikes along the coastal plain where Houthis are digging in.
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Houthis launch coastal offensive toward Bab al-Mandab — Yemen's Houthis, who control most populated areas of Yemen, begin a rapid push down the coast toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the narrow maritime chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
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