Security Council LIVE: Rising violence triggers emergency meeting on Yemen

Amid rising violence in Yemen, the Security Council met in emergency session on Tuesday to discuss the situation surrounding the critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait shipping route as UN agencies warn of rising displacement, including thousands of Yemenis fleeing to Djibouti. UN News app users can follow here.

What you need to know:

• Ongoing recent clashes between Saudi-backed Yemeni Government forces and Iran-backed Houthi militia have triggered widespread displacement across Aden, Hudaydah, Abyan and Ta’iz, reflecting the widening crisis
• The Bab el-Mandeb Strait has seen a spike in military operations, with the Houthis seizing several islands last week
• 2,883 casualties since 6 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports
• 93,864 have been newly displaced, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Seven health facilities and assets damaged, out of service or directly hit in 10 days, according to WHO’s latest situation report 
• Rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast have forced thousands more to seek safety across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in Djibouti, said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR
• Continued insecurity could affect humanitarian and commercial shipping supplies
• Nearly half of Yemen’s 41 million people need aid as acute hunger continues to grow

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