Qassim Abraham Abssy

“If the war continues then we're not going back because we have peace here.”

Qassim Abraham Abssy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-21

Qassim Abssy, sitting beside his wife at Markazi camp in Djibouti, expressed reluctance to return to Yemen while the war continues.

“What led us to come here?”

Qassim Abraham Abssy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-21

Qassim Abraham Abssy, a former fisherman whose identity card shows him to be 100 years old, spoke to the journalist at Markazi camp.

“It was the planes. The sounds of the planes, boom! That's what made us flee, for the sake of our children. It burns ours hearts. We don't know which side they are from. They are bombing everywhere, because the Houthis are everywhere, in the mountains, in the roads. A plane comes, bombs everywhere.”

Qassim Abraham Abssy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-21

Qassim Abraham Abssy described the bombing that forced his family to flee Yemen to Markazi camp in Djibouti.