Amid regional and sectarian infighting, Yemen is battling a cholera outbreak that has led to more than 500,000 suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) strongly deplores Aug. 25 airstrikes on the residential quarter in the capital Sana’a, which killed 14 people and injured another 16.
“I could hear the shouts of one of their neighbors from under the rubble, and tried to remove the rubble from on top of (Buthaina’s father) and his wife, but I couldn’t. They died.”
The UN has accused the Arab coalition of killing 42 civilians in the week to Thursday, including many children
After two and a half years of war, little is functioning in Yemen.
The UN Human Rights Office strongly condemned recent Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that claimed lives of dozens of civilians in Yemen and urged the sides to respect the humanitarian international law and properly investigate the cases, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement.
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