Yemen: ICRC’s humanitarian impact in 2025, a year of deepening crisis

The ICRC’s priorities for 2026 focuses on addressing escalating humanitarian needs amidst growing military tensions, financial constraints, and evolving conflict dynamics. The organization’s approach emphasizes neutrality, impartiality, and independence to ensure safe access to vulnerable populations.

The ICRC will focus on emergency preparedness and response along internal frontlines and during military operations, fostering dialogue with governments, armed actors, and communities to promote respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

A people-centered, multidisciplinary approach will enable timely, integrated assistance in areas of greatest need, with operational capacity shifting closer to frontlines.

Support for detainees, missing persons, and their families remains central, alongside efforts to facilitate detainee releases and the exchange of human remains as a neutral intermediary. 

Strengthening partnerships, particularly with the Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS), will enhance coordinated responses and build local capacity, ensuring impactful and sustainable humanitarian action.

Through these efforts, the ICRC reaffirms its commitment to protecting and assisting vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas.