Security Council LIVE: Rising violence triggers emergency meeting on Yemen
Security Council coverage
15 September 2026
Peace and Security Amid rising violence in Yemen, the Security Council met in emergency session on Tuesday to discuss the situation surrounding the critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait shipping route as UN agencies warn of rising displacement, including thousands of Yemenis fleeing to Djibouti. UN News app users can follow here.
What you need to know:
- Ongoing recent clashes between Saudi-backed Yemeni Government forces and Iran-backed Houthi militia have triggered widespread displacement across Aden, Hudaydah, Abyan and Ta’iz, reflecting the widening crisis
- The Bab el-Mandeb Strait has seen a spike in military operations, with the Houthis seizing several islands last week
- 2,883 casualties since 6 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports
- 93,864 have been newly displaced, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Seven health facilities and assets damaged, out of service or directly hit in 10 days, according to WHO’s latest situation report
- Rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast have forced thousands more to seek safety across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in Djibouti, said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR
- Continued insecurity could affect humanitarian and commercial shipping supplies
- Nearly half of Yemen’s 41 million people need aid as acute hunger continues to grow