Internal confrontations within Yemen have inflicted significant casualties on combatants through hundreds of artillery, drone, and rocket attacks alongside coalition air raids. Cross-border skirmishes persist as Houthis claim strikes on infrastructure in Yanbu and Riyadh, while Saudi defenses reported intercepting incoming threats over Mecca province and southern areas. The escalating hostilities have crippled essential medical operations in regions like Taiz due to strikes and worsening fuel shortages. In total, over 320,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes since August 1.
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Houthi officials publicly denied targeting Mecca, claiming instead their long-range opera…: Houthi officials publicly denied targeting Mecca, claiming instead their long-range operations targeted Yanbu's oil station and Riyadh's airport.
More than 320,000 Yemeni civilians have suffered displacement since August 1 as frontline…: More than 320,000 Yemeni civilians have suffered displacement since August 1 as frontlines spread through multiple governorates.
Attacks on critical healthcare infrastructure coupled with critical fuel shortages contin…: Attacks on critical healthcare infrastructure coupled with critical fuel shortages continue to halt emergency medical treatments in Taiz.
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World Health Organisation says more 320,000 people have been displaced in Yemen fighting since August 1.
Yemen’s Houthis have rejected Saudi claims that they targeted Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, as casualties surge in the war between the internationally recognised government and the Iran-allied Houthis.
A Houthi spokesperson on Wednesday denied what he called Saudi “lies” that the Iran-allied group had launched a drone towards Mecca, saying instead that a drone was launched at a pumping station in Yanbu on the Red Sea, and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was targeted with three cruise missiles.
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