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SANA’A, Nov. 25 — Dammaj locals are resorting to building underground shelters because of continued shelling from the Houthis that have destroyed homes, said Ahmed Al-Wadaei, the manager of the Dammaj Hospital, a facility that is not longer functioning due to shelling that took place on the building at the beginning of the month.
“The situation is not healthy and things could get worse because [underground shelters] allow for the spread of disease,” Al-Wadaei told the Yemen Times.
“Trash is piling up inside the shelters, and they lack even basic amenities,” Al-Wadaei said. “No one can go outside for fear of being targeted.”
Tuberculosis, measles and meningitis have begun to spread, according to the doctor, “besides many other [diseases] that we haven’t been able to diagnosis due to the lack of equipment.”
Some of the places locals have sought shelter in include buildings used for grain storage.
“Some children have nightmares and have convulsions when they wake up.” Al-Wadaei said.
He he has seen several women miscarry due to distress with no medical facility to receive treatment from. A woman died on Friday due complications brought on by a miscarriage.
Dammaj has been the epicenter of violent fighting between Houthis, a group of Zaidi Shiites and Salafis, Sunni conservatives, since the end of October. The fighting has led to food and medicine shortages. Both groups have set up checkpoints around the area, preventing the transport of basic supplies.
A presidential committee has been unsuccessfully trying to settle the fighting in the area .
At the beginning of November, armed tribesmen from Amran governorate rallied support for the Dammaj-based Salafis and opened a fighting front with the Houthis in the Kitaf area, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.
As the fighting escalated, pro-Salafi men in Hajja governorate blocked the road connecting Sa’ada governorate with Harad city, near the Saudi border. The road obstruction caused price hikes in oil, diesel and food commodities.
“The humanitarian situation in Dammaj is a tragedy. There is no medicine, security, food or residence,” said Al-Wadaei.
He added, “There are currently over 170 injuries, but we do not have medicine to treat them.
There are reportedly more than 12,000 people studying Islamic theology in the Dar Al-Hadith Center in Dammaj. Students attending are accused of doing the majority of the fighting against the Houthis in the area. Along with Yemeni nationals, there are an unconfirmed number of foreign students also living and learning at the Salafi center.
The conflict in Dammaj dates back to 2011 when the area witnessed sporadic clashes between the two groups, according to Saroor Al-Wadaei, the spokesperson of Salafis in Dammaj. He said the confrontations intensified in late October, leading to 70 deaths in Dammaj in addition to 270 injured.
The Houthis have not released an official number of deaths in the conflict.
Adnan Hizam, a communication officer for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said 128 injured persons, including women and children, had been evacuated from the area since early November.
“The mission of the ICRC is to transfer the injured from Dammaj and hand them over to the local authorities in Sa’ada governorate,” he said. “The ICRC is not concerned about how, when and where they will be treated.”
“The ICRC calls on the conflicting sides to allow the entrance of aid to Dammaj and transfer of serious injuries to specialized hospitals,” he said.
Some of those injured evacuees are being treated at the Military Hospital in Sana’a. Others have been sent to Saudi Arabia for treatment.
The Salafis refused an offer in mid-Novermber to receive food aid from Sa’ada governor, Faris Mana’a.
“Our ego is bigger than submission or taking aid from Mana’a,” a local Salafi, who asked not to be named told the Yemen Times.
In March 2011, when the Houthis took control of Sa’ada governorate, local people appointed Mana’a as the governor. At the time, the then governor who was stationed in the government fled to Sana’a.
“Though the Dammaj locals have one meal a day, they will not take the aid that Mana’a is offering in order to manipulate the public,” the Salafi source added.
Dammaj copes with a lack of shelter, food and medicine | Yemen Times
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This is from 2011 Siege of Dammaj, see how they manipulated Yemeni people?
This Iranian Backed Shia Warmongers, attacking Dammaj again this year
“The situation is not healthy and things could get worse because [underground shelters] allow for the spread of disease,” Al-Wadaei told the Yemen Times.
“Trash is piling up inside the shelters, and they lack even basic amenities,” Al-Wadaei said. “No one can go outside for fear of being targeted.”
Tuberculosis, measles and meningitis have begun to spread, according to the doctor, “besides many other [diseases] that we haven’t been able to diagnosis due to the lack of equipment.”
Some of the places locals have sought shelter in include buildings used for grain storage.
“Some children have nightmares and have convulsions when they wake up.” Al-Wadaei said.
He he has seen several women miscarry due to distress with no medical facility to receive treatment from. A woman died on Friday due complications brought on by a miscarriage.
Dammaj has been the epicenter of violent fighting between Houthis, a group of Zaidi Shiites and Salafis, Sunni conservatives, since the end of October. The fighting has led to food and medicine shortages. Both groups have set up checkpoints around the area, preventing the transport of basic supplies.
A presidential committee has been unsuccessfully trying to settle the fighting in the area .
At the beginning of November, armed tribesmen from Amran governorate rallied support for the Dammaj-based Salafis and opened a fighting front with the Houthis in the Kitaf area, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.
As the fighting escalated, pro-Salafi men in Hajja governorate blocked the road connecting Sa’ada governorate with Harad city, near the Saudi border. The road obstruction caused price hikes in oil, diesel and food commodities.
“The humanitarian situation in Dammaj is a tragedy. There is no medicine, security, food or residence,” said Al-Wadaei.
He added, “There are currently over 170 injuries, but we do not have medicine to treat them.
There are reportedly more than 12,000 people studying Islamic theology in the Dar Al-Hadith Center in Dammaj. Students attending are accused of doing the majority of the fighting against the Houthis in the area. Along with Yemeni nationals, there are an unconfirmed number of foreign students also living and learning at the Salafi center.
The conflict in Dammaj dates back to 2011 when the area witnessed sporadic clashes between the two groups, according to Saroor Al-Wadaei, the spokesperson of Salafis in Dammaj. He said the confrontations intensified in late October, leading to 70 deaths in Dammaj in addition to 270 injured.
The Houthis have not released an official number of deaths in the conflict.
Adnan Hizam, a communication officer for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said 128 injured persons, including women and children, had been evacuated from the area since early November.
“The mission of the ICRC is to transfer the injured from Dammaj and hand them over to the local authorities in Sa’ada governorate,” he said. “The ICRC is not concerned about how, when and where they will be treated.”
“The ICRC calls on the conflicting sides to allow the entrance of aid to Dammaj and transfer of serious injuries to specialized hospitals,” he said.
Some of those injured evacuees are being treated at the Military Hospital in Sana’a. Others have been sent to Saudi Arabia for treatment.
The Salafis refused an offer in mid-Novermber to receive food aid from Sa’ada governor, Faris Mana’a.
“Our ego is bigger than submission or taking aid from Mana’a,” a local Salafi, who asked not to be named told the Yemen Times.
In March 2011, when the Houthis took control of Sa’ada governorate, local people appointed Mana’a as the governor. At the time, the then governor who was stationed in the government fled to Sana’a.
“Though the Dammaj locals have one meal a day, they will not take the aid that Mana’a is offering in order to manipulate the public,” the Salafi source added.
Dammaj copes with a lack of shelter, food and medicine | Yemen Times
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This is from 2011 Siege of Dammaj, see how they manipulated Yemeni people?
This Iranian Backed Shia Warmongers, attacking Dammaj again this year
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