Displaced Yemeni families face harsh living conditions

Sanaa, Jan 12 : Thousands of internally displaced Yemeni families are facing harsh living conditions in their displacement camps in Marib province, as the years-long conflict continue to ravage the war-torn country.
Scores of displaced people staged a protest on Sunday to denounce the deterioration of their living conditions and lack of basic needs in their camp that hosts nearly 500 families in Marib, Xinhua news agency reported.
During the protest, the displaced protesters appealed to the country’s government and international organizations, especially the World Food Program (WFP), to respond to their demands and provide their families with essential food supplies.
Men, women and children participated in the protest, raising banners calling for an end to their suffering in the camp, and holding slogans reading “We are starved silently. We need water and food”.
In March 2020, the Iran-backed Houthi militia staged large military operations and succeeded in capturing key areas in the northern province of al-Jawf, forcing thousands of families to leave their villages and flee to Marib.
Fahed Qatwani, director of the internal displacement unit in al-Jawf, told Xinhua on Monday that nearly 10,553 families were displaced from al-Jawf during the past nine months and are currently distributed in 10 displacement camps in Marib.