Yemen - update on hostilities in Marib governorate (DG ECHO, UN, NGOs, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 May 2021)
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Since the escalation of hostilities in Marib governorate in February 2021, approximately 2,870 already internally displaced households (20,000 individuals) have been displaced. It is estimated that Marib hosts 1 million internally displaced people (IDPs).
Sirwah district is the most affected by the ongoing fighting. From February to April, IDPs moved from 9 out of the 14 displacement sites in Sirwah due to fighting in close proximity to IDP sites.
Incidents of armed violence are affecting people at an unprecedented rate in Marib. In the first quarter of this year, the Civilian Impact Monitoring Project recorded 79 incidents of armed violence that directly affected civilians, resulting in 74 casualties, including 18 fatalities.
IOM Yemen: Ma’rib Response (11-27 April 2021)
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SITUATION OVERVIEW
Hostilities have persisted on a near daily basis in Ma’rib since a surge in clashes this February. The impact of the fighting on humanitarian needs has been most evident in the dire situation in Sirwah district. Here, IOM teams have recorded more than 2,560 households (HHs) becoming displaced from or within the district. A majority of these people were living in eight internally displaced person (IDP) hosting sites and have mostly moved to Al Sowayda and Alrawda sites still within Sirwah, with smaller numbers moving into nearby Ma’rib city and Ma’rib Al Wadi districts. The latter two districts have also received new arrivals from other areas in Ma’rib which are also being affected by fighting, such as Raghwan and Madghal districts. In total, some 2,871 IDP HHs (20,097 people) are estimated to have been displaced since February by fighting affecting different parts of the governorate; the number is li
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Yemen: Ma rib Situation Update No. 3, 19 April 2021
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Intensified fighting continues to take place across frontline areas in Ma’rib Governorate, with hostilities particularly rife in Sirwah District. This has led to large waves of displacement within the governorate since the start of the escalation in early February 2021, especially as hosting sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) also sustain shelling. Four IDP sites in Sirwah District were reportedly impacted by shelling between 22 and 29 March, according to the Government of Yemen’s Executive Unit for IDPs (ExU) as well as local humanitarian partners. Over a dozen people were reportedly injured in these incidents, and the ExU has closed all four impacted IDP sites. Some 555 families were evacuated to the nearby Al Sowayda site, which already hosted 1,163 displaced families. Initial assessments indicate pressing humanitarian needs including shelter, food, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
As World s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Rages, the Perfect Storm is Blowing Up in Yemen
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But another deadly threat is likely to lurk for some time IEDs.
Improvised explosive devices are killing Yemenis at alarming rates, with little international attention.
Across the war-torn country militias, militant groups, criminals and mercenaries are exploiting the shortcomings of global disarmament and peacekeeping efforts to wage a war within a war, targeting civilians and fighters alike with a weapon that has come to symbolize today s asymmetrical warfare. I d say that IEDs are still a blind spot of the international community despite the IED having been the defining weapon for over 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, Iain Overton, executive director of United Kingdom-based nonprofit Action on Armed Violence, told