Close to 200 Yemenis arrive in Somaliland amid escalating war

GOOBJOOG NEWS|BERBERA: Close to 200 refugees from Yemen arrived in Somaliland Sunday amid escalating fighting in the Arabian Peninsula nation that has since displaced millions.

The 177 Yemeni refugees arrived in Bossaso and Berbera yesterday amid tension in the country after the killing of at least 30 pro-government soldiers on an airbase in Southern Yemen with 60 wounded and many others critically injured.

Yemeni Southern forces spokesman said that al-Anad airbase, the largest in the country, was attacked with ballistic missiles and armed drones by Houthi rebels who had also attacked the base in the past. Years of brutal civil war in Yemen has forced millions of people to leave their homes and flee to neighboring Somalia which is in itself facing instability and decades of terror.
Since the start of the conflict, UN reports put the number of deaths at 130,000 with 12 million relying on food aid and half of children under five at risk of starvation.

Yemen has been shattered by a conflict that spiraled out of control in 2015, when the Houthis seized control of large parts of the country and a Saudi-led coalition launched an operation to restore President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s rule.