A deadly civil war, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, has been raging on in Yemen since 2015 with no end in sight.
Civilians struggle with frequent air strikes and attacks on basic infrastructure like hospitals, schools, and sanitation systems. Many ports have been closed off, making the import-dependent country in dire need of food, fuel, and medicine.
Since 2015, around 250,000 people have died due to the war, with 100,000 directly because of the fighting and the rest indirectly due to problems like the lack of food and health, the IRC said. The country has also battled a cholera endemic for the past three years.
More than 24 million Yemenis — or 80% of the population — are also in need of humanitarian assistance, the UN's humanitarian office said.
Though the warring parties agreed in December 2018 to address the spiraling humanitarian crisis, progress has still been slow.
The Yemeni government signed a power-sharing agreement with separatists in November 2019 — creating a force that could fight the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels — but the IRC warns that there could be renewed hostilities if this agreement breaks down.