Yemen Families Seek 1,800 Missing Loved Ones as Fighting Returns

Over 1,800 families in Yemen have asked an aid group, the International Committee of the Red Cross, to help find lost relatives since fighting restarted in July 2026. The war began in September 2014 when a group called the Houthis took the capital city, Sanaa. A 2022 pause in fighting, like a timeout, had raised hopes for searches, now halted.