Conflict & Security
Renewed Yemen fighting cuts off food aid to 800,000 as hospitals overwhelmed
October 14, 2026 at 04:00 PM · Updated 2d ago
4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 5 hours
Renewed fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthis has cut off food aid to 800,000 people and overwhelmed the country's health system.
- The WFP said 800,000 people lost access to food assistance as front lines shifted, most of them in Taiz where 600,000 have none.
- The ICRC said health facilities in Marib, Taiz and along the Red Sea coast received more than 700 wounded cases in a single week.
- WHO said suspected cholera cases tripled in three weeks, while 22,800 suspected measles cases and 128 deaths were recorded this year.
- The UN said over 216,000 people have been displaced since August and warned wheat and flour stocks could run out within three weeks.
- Satellite images obtained by Al Jazeera documented the rapid expansion of a displacement camp in Aden's Buraiqa district as fighting intensified in Taiz and the western coast.




