Yemen faces worst humanitarian crisis in world

Yemen remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with around 23.7 million people in need of assistance, including almost 13 million children. Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe. By March 2022, around 17.4 million people were in need of food assistance, with a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger.According to UN, 7 years of war have resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Yemen: 7 years of war have resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Millions of people have been uprooted from their homes & are struggling to survive as the country teeters on the brink of a massive famine.

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Since the conflict escalated in March 2015, according to UNICEF,the country has become a living hell for the country's children. Less than half of health facilities are functioning, and many that remain operational lack basic equipment. Many health workers have not received a regular salary in several years. More than 10,200 children have been killed or maimed since the beginning of the conflict, and thousands more have been recruited into the fighting, An estimated 2 million children are internally displaced,said UNICEF. 

The civil war in Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest countries, has grown even more violent since the start of this year. The Saudi-led coalition backing the country's official government has spent seven years fighting a rebel group called the Houthis, using mainly air strikes They, in turn, have used drones and missiles to attack both Saudi Arabia and its ally, the United Arab Emirates.