Houthi offensive on Yemen's Taiz displaces 130,000 after ceasefire collapse

Houthi forces have advanced on Taiz after seizing the Red Sea port of Mocha this month, driving more than 130,000 people from their homes.

• Houthi forces seized the port of Mocha on 10 September, ending a four-year truce, and have pushed toward Taiz's western outskirts.
• The UN refugee agency announced on 22 September that more than 130,000 people had fled fighting this month, warning 100,000 more could be displaced.
• Yemeni military spokesman Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said government forces conducted 756 operations in 72 hours, neutralizing 2,316 Houthi fighters (killed or wounded) and four Iranian experts.
• Taiz school principal Abdulwasea Abdu said a missile that struck near his school forced it to close, depriving more than 600 pupils of classes.
• The International Organization for Migration reported more than 145,000 people displaced across eight governorates since June, up 15,870 in a week, with Taiz hosting over half.
• Yemen's House of Representatives approved a declaration of general mobilization in response to the Houthi escalation.