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| WHO: More than 540 Dead in Yemen Fighting since March 19 | |
| 2015-04-08 | |
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... over the past few weeks has killed more than 540 people and maimed 1,700 as the country sinks deeper into a multi-sided conflict, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. "More than 540 people have been killed and some 1,700 others maimed by the violence in Yemen since 19 March," WHO front man Christian Lindmeier told journalists, specifying that the toll was up to April 6. UNICEF meanwhile said at least 74 children have been confirmed killed and 44 maimed since March 26, but added that it believed the toll to be far higher. More than 100,000 people have been displaced by the violence, UNICEF said. "Children are paying an intolerable price for this conflict," UNICEF Yemen Representative Julien Harneis said in a statement. "They are being killed, maimed and forced to flee their homes, their health threatened and their education interrupted. These children should be immediately afforded special respect and protection by all parties to the conflict, in line with international humanitarian law." A UNICEF front man said an estimated one million children have been unable to attend school. The front man, Christophe Boulierac, explained that the corpse count for children included those killed by direct combat and those from indirect causes, with fighting affecting health services, vaccinations and access to drinking water. Fierce festivities raged Monday between rebels and loyalists in southern Yemen as the Red Thingy faced delays to urgently needed aid deliveries. Relief workers have warned of a dire situation in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, where a Saudi-led coalition is waging an air war on the Iran-backed Huthi Iranian catspaws. | |
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