conflict Yemen
Renewed fighting hinders searches for Yemen's missing people
1,800requests
The International Committee of the Red Cross received more than 1,800 tracing requests from families in Yemen since July.
Families in Yemen are struggling to find relatives who disappeared or may have been killed or detained during the conflict. Renewed fighting has disrupted tracing efforts and delayed the recovery and identification of bodies.
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Renewed fighting in Yemen has hindered families' efforts to trace missing relatives.
“the resumption of fighting in July has halted this search for many families”
- 1,800requests
The International Committee of the Red Cross received more than 1,800 tracing requests from families in Yemen since July.
“has received more than 1,800 tracing requests”
- 1,600detainees
Yemen's internationally recognised government and the Houthis signed an agreement to exchange more than 1,600 detainees.
“signed a United Nations-backed agreement in Jordan to exchange more than 1,600 detainees”