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Saturday 5 November 2016 - 05:55

%80 of Yemenis in Need of Humanitarian Aid as Saudi 19-Month Aggression Goes on

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Yemeni Children
Yemeni Children
UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien says about 80 percent of people in Yemeni are in need of humanitarian assistance.
 
Speaking at a UN Security Council session on Monday, he said some 21.1 million people in Yemen need such aids.
 
The UN official added that more than two million people, including 370,000 children, were suffering from malnutrition across the war-torn country.
 
The confirmation of 61 cases of cholera and 1,700 more suspected cases by health sources could now complicate matters, O'Brien warned.
 
The top UN official warned against a possible collapse of the country if a “peace deal” is not reached soon between the warring parties.
 
Meanwhile the UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that he would immediately return to the region to try to clinch a peace agreement in the coming weeks.
 
The envoy also said that his roadmap "should allow a comprehensive settlement in the coming weeks if the parties engage in good faith".
 
The Saudi war was launched in an unsuccessful attempt to reinstate Hadi and undermine the Ansarullah resistance movement.
 
The war has killed over 10,000 people, amid countless reports suggesting the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure by Saudi forces and mercenaries.
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