Ground fighting has also been on the increase since talks collapsed, and the last week saw violent clashes in Salah district inside the besieged city of Taiz, where around 800,000 people are under siege.
“The attacks in the last nine days have been relentless, and what we feared most has been tragically confirmed: that whenever peace talks collapse, innocent children, men and women get killed,” said NRC Country Director in Yemen, Syma Jamil. “We cannot wait another month for peace talks to resume while innocent civilians are killed across the country. All parties to this conflict have to stop indiscriminate attacks on civilians and respect International Humanitarian Law. They are the only ones responsible to put an end to this madness.”
Almost three million people have fled their homes since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015, and over two million remain displaced within the country. Eight out of every 10 Yemeni civilian requires some kind of humanitarian assistance or protection.
Note for editors: NRC has spokespeople in Yemen available for interviews.
