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Highlights

• Fighting between Government forces and armed groups subsided in Al Dhale'e over the past week. A Presidential mediation committee has been working to engage armed groups on the ground.
• Protection of civilians remains a major concern in in Al Dhale’e, where the crisis has seen wide-spread abuse of civilians, including women and children, by parties to the conflict. Unexploded ordnances reportedly detonated in Lakamat Salah area last week, injuring five people.
• Humanitarian access to Al Dhale’e remains limited. On 26 February, the Government and UN agreed in principle to an inter-agency assessment mission to Al Dhale’e city. Partners have not yet received final authorization to conduct this mission.
• Last week, clashes in Hamdan district of Sana'a Governorate erupted after Al-Houthis attempted to seize control of the road linking Sana'a to Amran. A truce has reportedly restored calm to the area.
• Some 33,300 newly displaced people have been registered for assistance in Amran and Sana’a since the latest round of violence began in October 2013. Of these registrations, about 20,000 internally displaced people have been verified in both locations, of whom nearly 13,500 have been assisted.