About 200 families were displaced from Ragwan, Marib, after the Houthi militia cordoned off the district
English - Monday 23 November 2020 الساعة 02:53 pm
Marib, NewsYemen:
A government report confirmed the displacement of nearly 200 families from the IDP camps in Raghwan District, northwest of the Marib Governorate, in conjunction with the escalation of battles between the army and tribes forces on the one hand, and the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, on the other hand.
The Raghwan District is witnessing fierce battles, as the Houthi militia managed to encircle the directorate from three directions, amid attempts to advance from the fourth direction after it imposed its control over the strategic Maas camp.
A tribal source told NewsYemen that clashes are still taking place on the outskirts of the directorate from the direction of Medghal, ten kilometers away from its center.
According to the source, the people of the Directorate pledged, in a meeting on Sunday, to continue fighting against the militia and not to allow it to control the Directorate, stressing that the battle against Iran's arm is fateful and inevitable.
The report, issued by the Executive Unit for Displaced Persons Camps, said that Ragwan District is one of the most prominent districts that hosted thousands of displaced people from the fighting areas in Majzar and Majzal districts, with the total number of displaced people in the district reaching more than 20,000.
The report said that the Raghwan district recently witnessed a wave of displacement towards the governorate center and the Wadi and Sarwah districts, in conjunction with the targeting of the camps in the district by the Houthi militia with missiles.
The report indicated that 196 families, representing a thousand and 372 individuals, were displaced from their areas of residence or to other areas, including 96 families internally displaced to the “Al-Ghar” area in the Ragwan district itself, while 61 families were displaced to the Valley Directorate, while the rest of the families were dispersed to other areas.
The report pointed to the basic needs of the displaced, including shelter, food and non-food items, drinking water, sanitation tools and water tanks.
