The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen announced on Thursday that a boat carrying dozens of African refugees and migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, confirming that the boat was carrying 45 refugees and migrants.
In a Facebook post, the UNHCR stated that the boat sank last night off the coast of Taiz province due to strong winds and overloading.
Only four survivors were found. The UNHCR is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist the survivors and provide them with the necessary protection.
Days ago, 6 members of the Houthi group were injured on Saturday by the Yemeni army’s fire on the frontlines of Taiz province in southwestern Yemen.
The official Yemeni news agency quoted a military source as saying that two members of the Houthi group were killed and four others were wounded in clashes with the army forces west of Taiz city.
The source added that the Houthi elements attempted to infiltrate army positions at Yaseen hill northwest of the city, leading to clashes with army personnel where two of the elements were killed and four others were wounded, with the rest fleeing.
The source also noted that the infiltration occurred simultaneously with drone strikes and artillery shelling by the Houthi group on army positions in the Al-Dhahab fronts west of the city.
Last Wednesday, human rights sources reported that eight civilians, including children and women, were killed or injured due to shelling by the Houthi group on Sabr Al-Mawadim district in Taiz province.
Human rights activist Judge Ishraq Al-Muqtari stated that a shell fired by the Houthis killed three civilians and injured five others in Habur village, part of the Al-Shaqab area in Sabr Al-Mawadim district.
She added that the incident resulted in the deaths of a man and two girls, while all five injured were children and women.
Al-Muqtari confirmed that the residents of the front-line districts in Taiz are still being subjected to shelling and sniping by the Houthis, despite what is called a “UN truce.”
