Families flee mounting death toll in Yemen

Hundreds of families are fleeing their homes amid mounting civilian casualties in Yemen, where air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition are continuing to target Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels
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Houthi rebel control

Government control

Oil fields

Al Qaeda presence

Al Hirak (separatist) presence

SAUDI ARABIA

Sadah

Al Hazm

RED SEA

Hodeida

Yarim

ERITREA

DJIBOUTI

Taizz

Bab al Mandab Oil chokepoint

Zinjibar

Marib

Ataq

Al Bayda

YEMEN

Masila

Al Mukalla

GULF OF ADEN

Saudi-led naval blockade

Socotra

SOMALIA

Air strikes

Al Ghaydah

OMAN

100 miles 160km
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

1 Al Mazraq: Dozens of civilian skilled and wounded in air strike on camp for displaced families

2 Sanaa: Huge explosions rock Yemeni army weapons facility outside capital. Depot reportedly used tostore Scud ballistic missiles

3 Aden: Air strikes pounding Houthi advance on last major stronghold of legitimate president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Houthis supported by Yemeni army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh

4 Saudi Arabia: Ready to deploy 150,000 troops to Yemen border for ground operation against Houthis
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FOREIGN NATIONALS IN YEMEN

China: Has evacuated more than 570 of its citizens to Djibouti, to be flown home

India: Sending five ships and four aircraft to evacuate about 4,000 of its nationals, over half of them nurses, trapped by fighting.

Pakistan: Has reported safe return of more than 500 out of estimated 3,000 of its citizens residing in Yemen

Egypt: Up to 7,000 workers in Yemen, including 500 married to Yemeni women

Sri Lanka: 120 nationals to be evacuated to Oman
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Source: Wire agencies

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