Over 800,000 residents in Taiz face severe water shortages as daily deliveries fell from 35,000 to 1,000 cubic meters due to Houthi road blockades by October 30, 2026.

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Doctors Without Borders reported receiving 36 bodies and treating over 150 injured people at its hospital in Nyala following an attack on a civilian neighborhood.

The United Nations reported that the ongoing civil war in Sudan has displaced over 13 million people and left about 34 million requiring humanitarian assistance.

In late October 2026, a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, South Darfur, killed over 100 people and injured 113 others, primarily women and children.

The United Nations reported that about 34 million people, representing nearly two-thirds of Sudan's population, require humanitarian assistance as a result of the civil war.

A Doctors Without Borders hospital in Nyala received 36 bodies, including 21 in civilian clothing, and treated over 150 wounded patients following the October 26, 2026 strikes.

In RSF-controlled Nyala, the share of children seeking treatment for severe acute malnutrition increased from 5% to 11% between January and August 2026.

The civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, active since April 2023, has created the world's largest displacement and humanitarian crisis.

Human Rights Watch reported on October 29, 2026 that the Houthi siege of Taiz could constitute a war crime for using starvation as a method of warfare.

Houthi forces encircled the city of Taiz on four sides in October 2026 after seizing key access routes, including the main road connecting Taiz to Aden.

Shortages of fuel, medical supplies, and oxygen caused the suspension of 120 health centers across Taiz governorate by late October 2026.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted airstrikes on Houthi positions in the Al-Maqatirah district on October 30, 2026 to counter a ground offensive by Houthi militias.

Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan stated on October 29, 2026 that Houthi blockades cut off water supplies and cooking gas, pushing the city into famine.

The Saudi-led coalition intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles over Riyadh and a Houthi drone in the Makkah region on October 29 and October 30, 2026.

The Houthi-run health ministry in Yemen reported that Saudi airstrikes on residential areas in western Taiz killed at least 12 to 13 people and critically injured three on October 29, 2026.

The Saudi-led coalition reported destroying three Houthi ballistic missiles on October 29, 2026, including one over Saudi Arabia's eastern region and two targeting Riyadh.

The Houthis have repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina, rejecting prior Saudi-led coalition accusations of drone and missile attacks on Islam's two holiest cities.

Saudi-led coalition air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi cruise missile targeting western Saudi Arabia on October 30, 2026.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree stated on October 30, 2026, that the group's military operations strictly target Saudi oil facilities and military bases.

The Houthis claimed on October 29, 2026, to have launched attacks against Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, Rabigh refinery, and an Aramco facility in Abqaiq.

A Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Oct.10 killed 13 travelers and injured over 300.