Displaced Yemenis grow desperate in camps

Boshra Alhomaide

A young woman runs while a fighter approaches a man. — A young woman runs while a fighter approaches a man standing outside a tent with family members inside at a camp for the internally displaced about 10 kilometers on the outskirts of Yemen's northeastern city of Marib on March 28, 2021. — STR/AFP via Getty Images

TAIZZ, Yemen — Words can no longer describe the catastrophic living situation of displaced people in Yemen, who have been sleeping in the open in deserts and valleys, fleeing the raging war ravaging their country.

For seven years now, Yemenis have been forcibly displaced in their own homeland, eagerly awaiting stability and peace to reign again so they can return to their homes and reintegrate into society.

Abdullah Ali, who hails from the Abs district of the Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen, told Al-Monitor that he had to flee his hometown of Abs to al-Juba district in the Marib governorate before he was forced to move again, this time to Wadi Obaida district, escaping Houthi attacks back in 2021.

Ali now lives in a dilapidated tent in the desert in Wadi Obaida in constant search of safety.

Displaced Yemenis grow desperate in camps

Humanitarian organizations are struggling to meet the needs of millions of internally displaced Yemenis amid the ongoing war.

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