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Yemen tops the ̽����ѡ’s annual Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row: a consequence of over five years of major armed conflict and severe underfunding that has pushed the world’s largest humanitarian crisis to new lows in 2020 and left the humanitarian response on the brink of collapse.

The conflict remains intense even after five years since the escalation of the war in 2015 following the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition’s intervention to support the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) against the Ansar Allah movement. Conflict between forces loyal to the IRG and Ansar Allah escalated in Jawf and Marib governorates throughout 2020. There is no sign of a political resolution to the crisis despite localized agreements over the past two years. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic and a steep drop in humanitarian funding puts the country at risk of massive further deterioration. Food insecurity is rising and 47,000 Yemenis are projected to face the worst (“catastrophe”, IPC
5) levels of food insecurity in 2021, underlining the risk of famine.