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The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen said Saturday they are seeking ways to ensure unconditional access to Taiz, a city of about 25,000 residents.
"Only a few shops are open. Food and other basic goods needed to survive are in short supply. Basic services are scarce, including access to water and fuel," UN humanitarian coordinator Jamie McGoldrick said in Sana’a, the capital, following a visit to Taiz.
"Humanitarian access to three districts within the city has been difficult for many months," while hospitals haven’t been spared the violence, said McGoldrick.
World Food Program Deputy Director Adham Musallam said they managed to bring in enough food supplies for three thousand families in the city.
UNICEF’s representative in Yemen, Julien Harneis, said about 1,900 children were either killed or injured since the conflict began, with most of the current deaths in the provinces of Taiz and in Saada.
In March 2015, a coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia began airstrikes and later, a ground operation in Yemen. More than 5,800 people have been killed and over 80 percent of Yemen’s population is in dire need of food, water and other aid, according to the United Nations.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
