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There’s an old Yemeni saying that if you truly want to know how people are feeling, you should look into their eyes. Panic, loss, despair, death, fear – I’ve seen it all.

Muscat/Kuwait: 06 July 2021 – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer conducted a series of meetings with high-level officials in Oman on 06 July 2021. His visit in Oman follows on a six-day visit he made to Aden and Sana’a in Yemen.President Maurer held official meetings with H.E. Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Al Busaidi Minister of Foreign

With over 20 million in need of aid, Yemen is the world's single largest humanitarian crisis. Here's the latest news coming out of the region

ThemeClimate change, Environment, and Armed ConflictThe writing competition:This legal writing competition is dedicated to providing academics and aspiring researchers with a space to explore the link between climate change and conflict through assessing the humanitarian implications of climate change and environmental degradation – with a special emphasis on water given its

A physician on the front lines talks about violence against health care and the importance of trust between health-care providers and the communities they serve

Download the April 2021 newsletter providing an overview of the ICRC response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the Near and Middle East.

The ICRC has been in Yemen since 1962 and has a permanent presence in several governorates. Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in Yemen in 2015, the ICRC has been assisting victims of armed conflict by providing relief, medical aid, and clean water. It also supports health centers, hospitals, the Local Water and Sanitation Corporations and places of detention, and other

Mariateresa Cacciapuoti, former Head of Sana’a Center Sub-Delegation in Yemen looks back on her mission which began in 2019.

Download the full report by the ICRC on COVID-19's impact on communities caught in conflict and the take-aways for the future.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helps these women and a number of families in Yemen, especially those families whose sole providers are women; the ICRC supports their small businesses to ensure a sustainable helping source of income for those families. However, thousands of families are still unable to shoulder the financial burdens under the continuous armed