More than 200,000 people have been displaced in Yemen in recent weeks as escalating fighting disrupts food and fuel supplies, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
Alison Bottomley, an advocacy manager at the NRC, told Al Jazeera that Yemen had already been experiencing “one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world” before the latest escalation.
Now, shifting front lines in Taiz are cutting off civilians and preventing the entry of essential supplies, with some reports indicating a 50 per cent increase in food prices there, she said.
