Friday, March 9, 2012
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.N. body
says Yemeni civilians are fleeing their homes because of tribal clashes in the
north and battles between the military and al-Qaida militants in the south.
It says altogether, half a million
Yemenis have been displaced by conflicts.
The office of the U.N.'s High
Commissioner on Refugees says in the past two weeks, 1,800 people have fled
their homes in the south.
Earlier, 150,000 people were
forced out of their homes in the south during a year of political turmoil that
has emboldened al-Qaida.
UNHCR says that north of the
capital Sanaa, tribal clashes have displaced some 52,000 people over the past
three months.
The UNHCR statement Friday said
314,000 Yemenis have been displaced in the north because of a conflict
involving Shiite Houthi rebels.
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