Barefoot and terrified, Yemenis flee the Houthi advance

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Yemeni civilians are fleeing rapidly advancing Houthi forces amid renewed civil war violence. Many families, including displaced persons like Rawya Hassan's, are escaping on foot, leaving behind possessions and animals as over 115,000 people are reportedly displaced.

AL-BIREEN CAMP, Yemen, Sept 18 (Reuters) - When a terrifying bombardment erupted around their camp in Yemen this week as a long-paused civil war reignited, Rawya Hassan and her family fled for their lives, barefoot and leaving their animals and other belongings behind. The family had already been forced from their village by war years earlier and now had to escape the fighting again, joining 115,000 people who aid agencies say are on the move after a rapid advance by the Houthi group.