SANAA (AFP) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday expressed grave concern over the living conditions of 15,500 Yemenis displaced by fighting in the restive northwestern region of Saada.

The displaced people have been forced from their homes by fierce fighting between dissident rebels and government forces over the past four years in the mountainous province of Saada.
""Over 15,500 displaced people in the province of Saada currently live in hard conditions in camps near the town (of Saada), as well as in thousands of camps spread around other provinces,"" it said in a statement.
""The situation of the displaced, ill and wounded people, and the groups of people that are cut-off, is worsened by the lack of clean water and medical care.""
It said that the some of the refugees live in camps spread around the town of Saada, while others have fled to camps erected in other provinces.
The ICRC has been unable to reach beyond the town of Saada and its immediate surroundings due to the instability in areas of conflict between the government forces and the rebels, it said.
Thousands have been killed in the fighting between the army and the Zaidi rebels, known as Huthis after their late commander Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi, who was killed by the army in September 2004.
His brother Abdul Malak, the current leader of the rebels, reportedly agreed this week to a 10-point offer by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end the war.
These include a ceasefire and the reopening of blocked roads, official media said on Thursday.
Saleh announced on July 17 that the revolt which broke out in 2004 was over, but there has been no confirmation from Huthi. Local military and tribal sources have since reported sporadic clashes between government forces and rebels in the area.
The rebels have been fighting to restore the Zaidi imamate which was overthrown in a 1962 republican coup.