{
  "id": 8228216,
  "title": "‘We cried the whole way’: Refugees flee Yemen fighting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/we-cried-the-whole-way-refugees-flee-yemen-fighting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:24:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260918-we-cried-the-whole-way-refugees-flee-yemen-fighting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An estimated 125,000 people, including more than 57,000 children, have fled since hostilities erupted in July between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Yemeni government and its ally Saudi Arabia, with the UN calling it one of the most rapid and volatile waves of displacement in Yemen in years. Thousands have even been making the dangerous crossing across the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Djibouti,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "Fierce fighting continues near Bab al-Mandeb Strait in Yemen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/fierce-fighting-continues-near-bab-al-mandeb-strait-in-yemen",
        "published": "2026-09-17T22:40:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}