UN rights chief says civilians are bearing the brunt of fighting in Yemen

GENEVA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Civilians are being hardest hit by surging violencein Yemen between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Iran-backedHouthis, the UNhuman rights chief said on Thursday. The latest fighting marks a sharp escalation in Yemen's civil war, which had largely been frozen since a 2022 truce. Violence has flared along old front lines in recent weeks, including around Taiz as the Houthis swept south along the Red Sea coast, prompting a humanitarian crisis with over 130,000 people displaced and some fleeing to Africa across the Red Sea.