Saudi Aggression Creates Critical Humanitarian Situation in Yemen
Local Editor
The brutal Saudi onslaught, which began eight months ago, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, resulting in a surge in the number of internally displaced persons or [IDPs] in Yemen.
Scattered refugee camps have been set up in the suburbs of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, for the people who have fled Riyadh’s indiscriminate bombardment.
"Since we fled [the Yemeni city of] Sa’ada to Sana’a, we have been going through difficult times. We have left our belongings there and here we lack everything from tents [and] blankets to food and medicine," a displaced Yemeni man said.
Another displaced Yemeni said, "I was injured in one of the Saudi airstrikes that targeted an area in al-Hasabah. I have been suffering greatly since then and I have become unable to earn a livelihood for six members of my family." He had fled Saudi bombardments in Sa’ada but sustained injuries in airstrikes that targeted an area near the camp where he now lives.
Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished country, has been under the Saudi military aggression since March 26. The military campaign is supposedly meant to undermine Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power.
The Saudi aggression has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 7,500 people and injured over 14,000 others.
The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
Aid groups’ access to the affected areas in the impoverished Arab state has also been severely restricted.
