# More than 250,000 displaced in Yemen since fighting escalated: UNHCR

https://mins.news/en/item/107888

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-20 13:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/more-than-250000-displaced-in-yemen-since-fighting-escalated-unhcr?traffic_source=rss

> UNHCR says more than 250,000 people have been internally displaced in Yemen since the war reignited in July. Taiz accounts for 76 percent of departures among the newly displaced, while escalating fighting and fuel shortages threaten water systems serving an estimated three million people.

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