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The head of the aid agency Oxfam America says the already "staggering" number of 8.4 million Yemenis who don't know where their next meal will come from could double very quickly if key ports in the rebel-held north are attacked and shut down.
Abby Maxman recently spent a week in northern Yemen and said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the country is already "on the brink of starvation or ultimately famine, and the tipping point for that could happen very quickly."
The Saudi-led coalition is trying to capture the port city of Hodeida from Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement. It's the main entry point for Yemen's food.
Maxman said "the humanitarian implications will be massive" if Hodeida and other northern ports close.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
