| As jitters run through international energy markets, hunger menaces weary Yemenis forced to flee this latest spasm of violence. Around 200,000 have been driven from their homes since the start of this escalation at the beginning of September, according to the International Organisation for Migration - all this in the Arab world's poorest country.
As we left the area from where the Houthis were dislodged by government forces just days ago, we saw a tableau of suffering with families dotted around seeking shelter under scrawny trees. Among one group of women and children we met Aisha, gaunt and elderly, sitting on the ground. "We have been here for 30 days," she told me. "I have no no money, no water, no food.... We had to run, with just the clothes on our backs." |
