Yemen fighting displaces 30,000 civilians: UN

SANAA, Yemen (AA) - Around 30,000 Yemeni civilians have been displaced from their homes in war-torn Yemen in the past three months, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Monday.

In a statement, UNHCR said the new figure is added "to 4.3 million already displaced" in Yemen due to fighting across the country.

"Durable peace and stability in Yemen would enable UNHCR & partners to work on durable solutions," the statement said.

Earlier this month, UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg managed to strike a two-month truce between Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government, in an effort to end the eight-year conflict in the Arab country.

Yemen has been engulfed by violence and instability since 2014, when Iran-aligned Houthi rebels captured much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.

A Saudi-led coalition, which seeks to reinstate the Yemeni government, has worsened the situation, causing one of the world’s worst man-made humanitarian crises. Nearly 80%, or about 30 million people, are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, and more than 13 million in danger of starvation, according to UN estimates.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara