REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

The National Team For

Foreign Outreach ‫الفريق الوطني للتواصل اخلارجي‬

The Periodical Report on the General Situation in the

Republic of Yemen
(December 2018)

Contents
- Political Preface - Statistics of December 2018
- The Economic & Humanitarian Situation - Statistics of Victims in December of Previous Years
- Violations and Crimes - A Story of the Tragedies of this Month

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POLITICAL PREFACE
1. The Government of Sana'a continues its positive dealings with international efforts to achieve peace and its constitutional
institutions are embracing the various meetings of representatives of various international organizations whose offices
operate in the capital Sana'a with stability and security, contrary to the low-population areas controlled by Coalition
forces.
2. In this regard, the national delegation representing the Government of Sana'a and its various political forces left Sana'a
International Airport for Sweden to participate in the negotiations to which the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin
Griffiths, had been calling after he had succeeded in overcoming the obstacles that had failed the delegation to leave the
previous time. The delegation participated in the beginning of December and within 10 days of Sweden's consultations,
actively and positively, according to Mr. Martin Griffiths, and showed that there was serious and full force to move
forward on the peace steps in all the files discussed during this round, which are mainly based on confidence-building
measures.
ECONOMIC SITUATION
3. The continued non-payment of salaries to more than 850 thousand civil servants for two years and four months, from the
date of the decision to relocate the central bank from Sana'a to Aden. This has resulted in depriving them of their sources
of income that has been reflected on their living standards and the decline of public services – including health services
and basic education – to large levels.

Statistics of the economic and agricultural establishments targeted by the Saudi-led

coalition air strikes in various governorates during the month of (December 2018)
Size of damage
245 YER
Enterprise Notes December 2015
Destroyed Damaged Total
Including wells, pumps, reservoirs, water
Tank and Water Pumps 24 44 68 networks and irrigation projects.
Including factories of all kinds as well as 310 YER
Factories 5 5 manufacturing workshops. December 2016
Including all types of farms as well as
Agricultural Fields 94 128 222

Markets 4 4
agricultural nurseries.
Including official and popular markets and 1$
commercial complexes. 440 YER
Including sheep, cows, camels, donkeys December 2017
Sheep and Cattle 132 132 and others.
Agricultural Equipment 1 1 2 These include plows, shovels & boreholes
Business Establishments 16 149 185 Includes supermarkets and shops.
Including parks, recreations and all the 530 YR
Tourist Attractions 16 3 19 facilities of the Ministry of Tourism. December 2018
Including fishing boats, fishing boats and
Food Trucks 2 2 4 clamping collar.
Food Warehouses 4 4
Airports 3 3
Sea Ports 1 1
Boats 1 1
Petrol Stations 1 1

4. Since the beginning of the previous month in November 2018, the exchange rate in the Yemeni parallel market has risen
dramatically in the previous months, which has reached the dollar price against the Yemeni Rail to about 820 Riyals,
leading to dramatic increase in the prices of basic commodities. The exchange rate continued to be relatively stable in
December 2018 at YR 530, but the prices of food and pharmaceuticals did not decrease in proportion to the rate of
exchange rate decline, which reached 34% compared to September 2018.
5. The economic committee formed by the Salvation government condemns the receipt of (147 billion YR a new edition)
by the Bank of Aden and the Saudi-led coalition countries hold responsibility for the catastrophic consequences, which
may affect the parallel exchange rate increase during December 2018.
6. Saudi-led Coalition countries continue to detain large quantities of oil derivatives in Djibouti, resulting in higher costs
for food and drug shipments because of the added delaying fees of the tankers due to their detention.
7. The United Nations, through its special envoy to Yemen, postponed the discussion the disbursement and payment of
state employees’ salaries, and the opening of Sanaa International Airport through Sweden's consultations to January
2019.

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8. Farmers and fishermen suffer greatly because of their loss of agricultural and fishing livelihoods as a result of the
targeting of many agricultural land by coalition countries, with several air raids carrying chemical and cluster bombs,
which have injured most of the farmers and their children. The fishermen lost their boats, which were burnt and disrupted
because of their targeting, and lost their only source of livelihood, which helps them to provide all the food and other
needs of their families.
9. Hundreds of workers have been unemployed, especially in Hodeidah Governorate and in various governorates of the
Republic in general, and have lost their livelihoods because of the targeting of many factories and businesses that are
their means of saving their livelihoods.

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
10. The indicators of the United Nations and its international organizations continue to underscore the deteriorating
livelihoods, food security and health of tens of millions of Yemenis, and this deterioration has exacerbated the
humanitarian situation, which has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe through the passage of Yemenis into Phase V
(famine), which is the global humanitarian classification, the reports and data of these organizations emphasize the need
to provide all basic needs and their entry through the main outlets of Yemen, most notably the port of Hodeidah and
Sana'a International Airport.
11. The United Nations affirms that humanitarian aid from food, medicine and other basic humanitarian aid alone is not
sufficient to eliminate malnutrition and ensure food security for millions of Yemenis, but also to achieve five priorities
to prevent more people from slipping to the fifth stage (famine) of the possible International classification:
a. Cessation of military operations and attacks on civilians and civilian areas of infrastructure.
b. Allow all imports of food, fuel and medicine.
c. Provide more foreign exchange and pay for civil servants.
d. Support the scaling up of humanitarian response.
e. Support the efforts of the United Nations Special envoy to end the conflict.
Displacement and Decampment of Families:
12. Statistics for the end of the year 2018 for displaced families from their homes as a result of targeting the Saudi-led
coalition countries to more than three million and 800,000 displaced persons, and the report of the United Nations Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirms that the main humanitarian facilities (warehouses) The UNHCR
office, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are still closed, which is storing
enough food for more than 3.5 million people.
13. With the escalation of the Saudi-led coalition countries in Hodeidah Province, most of the families assisted by the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have been displaced, and the report of the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirms that 60% of citizens living in Hodeidah need
humanitarian assistance, where the latest classification of the Integrated food security phases on December 7 show that
17 of the 26 directorates in Hodeidah province are in food emergencies.
Education:
14. UNICEF has confirmed that the military escalation of Saudi-led coalition countries in Hodeidah has led to the closure
of more than one third of the schools in the province, including 15 in the front lines of military confrontation, a number
of other schools have been badly damaged, and some schools have been used as shelters for many displaced families.
15. UNICEF notes that the military escalation in Hodeidah by coalition countries, especially in November and December,
has caused the closure of one third of schools, forcing more than 60,000 students to leave their education, and also
confirming that a million students have left their schools and education as a result of the escalation of military operations
in Yemen, with an increase of half a million students since the outbreak of the military operations of the coalition
countries in 2015. According to the organization, the percentage of teachers attending schools in the Republic of Yemen
is less than a quarter of the real number of teaching staff because of the non-payment of their salaries and the fact that
they have not received their salaries for more than two years.
16. The departure of 95% of the foreign staff for medical education due to the targeting of medical colleges by the allied
countries and impeding the provision of Yemeni cadres.
Health and Drinking Water:
17. Medicines, basic medical supplies and important solutions are still lacking in many hospitals and health centers in the
various governorates of the Republic, as the Saudi-led coalition countries have prevented their entry through the main
outlets of the Republic of Yemen, especially the port of Hodeidah and Sana'a International Airport.
18. The Ministry of Health continues to warn the international community that more than 120 medicinal drugs of chronic
diseases, especially heart, liver, hereditary blood, cancer and other drugs, are not available.

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19. Ministry of Health Statistics indicate at the end of December 2018 that the war on Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition
countries has shown many diseases and epidemics that have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens, and
the suffering of (4.9 million) Yemeni citizens from very serious illnesses.
Continuation of Siege on Hodeidah Port & Sana'a International Airport:
20. Obstruction of 90% of businessmen (merchants) from importing their goods into the port of Hodeidah because of the
blockade and imposing arbitrary restrictions on their vessels and ships.
21. The entry of humanitarian aid through the port of Hodeidah in accordance with the Stockholm Agreement (Sweden)
was hampered by breaches by Saudi-led coalition countries impeding the implementation of that agreement. 21. Over
30% of students, technicians and businessmen have been faltered from travelling abroad due to the closure of Sana'a
International Airport.
22. Over 30% of students, technicians and businessmen have been faltered from travelling abroad due to the closure of
Sana'a International Airport.
23. Postponement of the discussion of opening Sana'a International Airport from the consultations of December 2018 in
Sweden to January 2019.
VIOLATIONS AND CRIMES
24. The military escalation of the Saudi-led coalition countries continued in December on a number of governorates of the
Republic, notably Sa'dah, Marib and Al-Jawf governorates. In Hodeidah, under the implementation of the Sweden
Agreement (Stockholm), the coalition States continued to mobilize and target many civilian places, resulting in serious
crimes, grave violations against citizens, their assets and property, as well as the targeting of installations and
infrastructure and the destruction of a large part Completely, causing partial destruction of some of those installations.
25. In December 2018, the arbitrary restrictions imposed by the coalition States on various outlets and ports of the Republic
of Yemen remain in place without regard for anyone, which has greatly hampered humanitarian access to medicines
and food, prevented a large number of patients from travelling abroad & prevented those trapped of coming back.

Civilian Victims during the Month Statistics for Victims During the Month of December 2018
of December 2018
100
80 killed killed killed
60 38 15 8
60
38
40 31
18 60 injured 31 injured 18 injured
15
20 8
0
women children men Dead Total Victims Wounded

killed injured 61 170 109

HAPPENED IN THIS MONTH

(December of Previous Years)

Victim Statistics in the Victim Statistics in the Victim Statistics in the

month of December 2015 month of December 2016 month of December 2017
500 455 500 500
394 381
400 330 400 400
300 300 300
200 200 200 140
99 86
100 55 61 100 69 100
28 40 19 14 35 38 28 44
0 0 0
women child men women child men women child men

injured killed injured killed injured killed

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Statistics of the number of air raids and missile and artillery bombing launched
by the Saudi-led Coalition this month in various provinces (December 2018)
Machine
Governorate
Air Rocket Artillery Cluster Sonic Light
Gun Drone Warships
Total
Raid Fire Bombing Bombs Bombs Bombs Number
Shootings
Saada 654 982 1,091 1 7 1 2,736
al Baydha 27 12 39
al Jawf 74 74
Hodeidah 294 1,555 3,284 10 11 65 1 18 5,248
Capital
Secretariat
7 7
al Mahweet 2 1 3
Dhamar 4 4
Marib 70 45 115
Taiz 76 76
Hajjah 149 45 2 196
Sana'a 227 20 9 5 261
Amran 1 1
Lahj 65 65
TOTAL 1,509 2,669 4,507 21 1 24 65 2 18 8,816

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STORY OF THE MONTH

(…My mother has passed away!)
The Saudi-led coalition imposed a ban on flights in Yemen. Sana'a
Airport was closed, which caused the death of a large number of
Yemenis with serious illnesses, mainly patients with heart, cancer,
liver, kidney and thalassemia.
Of these patients is "the mother of Obad" who needed to travel
abroad for a cardiac catheterization operation. However, the closure
of Sana'a airport prevented her from travelling and her pathological
condition deteriorated considerably. The most severe and harsh day
came to her son Obad when he received a call that his mother was
very ill and was taken to the hospital as an attempt to save her life.
However, the hospital was suffering from a situation where the basic
necessities of first aid and the therapeutic possibility of such cases
were lacking due to the siege and war imposed on Yemen, such as
the rest of the local health facilities, and the only hope for her
recovery is to travel abroad through Sana'a Airport. But she died.
The mother left her son Obad lonely crying silently, he was not able
to get the pain, but repeating tearfully:
"At least they would have allowed flights through Sana'a airport for
critical situations… Where is the humanity? Where is the world
conscience?!”

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