Taiz camps overflow with Yemenis fleeing fighting after Houthi offensive

Taiz, Yemen – Hajja Fatima Mohammed Saleh, a 70-year-old Yemeni woman, is among the countless people and families displaced from Taiz governorate, southwest Yemen, in recent fighting between government forces and the Houthis. The Iran-backed rebel group, also known as Ansar Allah (supporters of God), now controls most parts of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. Saleh’s village in Maqbanah district, on the border of Yemen’s western coast, is situated at the epicentre of last week’s Houthi assault in which the group captured the whole of the Red Sea coast, including the port city of Mocha.