One year since Stockholm Agreement, Hodeidah still most dangerous place in Yemen for Civilians
Yemen, Stockholm Agreement
Yemen, Stockholm Agreement
After more than three years of closure, it has been announced that Sana'a International Airport is to be re-opened to allow sick patients to travel overseas for life-saving treatment. In August, CARE & NRC reported that up to 32,000 people may have died through not being able to travel overseas for medical care.
This is the third consecutive year that CARE publishes its report “Suffering In Silence”. It serves as a call for the global community to speak up for people in crises who are otherwise forgotten and to help them overcome hardship.
As temperatures plummet across the Middle East, CARE warns that tens of thousands of people, including women and children, in north-east Syria are at risk of facing harsh weather conditions without needed protection. Over 100,000 people are still displaced, out of which more than 15,000 are living in collective shelters, according to the United Nations, with few possessions or clothing, making them more vulnerable as the winter approaches.
While Ali* was at his house in al-Darbasiyah, a border town in north-east Syria, fighting broke out and bombings began. The women and children left the town on the same day to a village 20 kilometers away, while the men stayed behind. As the fighting continued for the next few days, Ali decided to take his pregnant wife, Merdin*, and two-year-old daughter, Yara*, to the city of Hassakeh, where they stayed with relatives for a week.
Diana* left her village near Ras al-Ain, on the Syrian-Turkish border, with her three children after the military operation began in north-east Syria in early October. Her husband stayed behind to look after their house and belongings. While fleeing with her children who are between the ages of six and 14, Diana had to pay smugglers to bring them to safety in northern Iraq.
Six months of responding to the Cyclone Kenneth disaster and success stories
Women and children in North-East Syria and Iraq are in urgent need of assistance
Humanitarian situation worsens in north-east Syria
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