Iran Press/Middle East: UNICEF says 358,000 Yemeni children suffering from severe acute malnutrition require immediate treatment, according to a report by Lebanon's Al-Manar television network.
“Over 6,700 children [were] verified killed or injured since 2015,” UNICEF said on Twitter.
It said nearly 358,000 Yemeni children suffering from severe acute malnutrition require immediate treatment, going on to call for halting attacks in the war-torn country.
May 2013: Watch how Yemeni families are receiving treatment for their children's malnutrition.
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Millions of Yemenis suffer from malnutrition because of Saudi-imposed war
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing back the government of the fugitive unpopular president, Abd al-Rabbo Mansour Hadi to power.
Some 20,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of the Saudi-led military aggression.
The assaults of the Saudi-led coalition forces have failed to stop the Yemenis from resisting the aggression.
Recently, the Yemeni army unveiled its domestically-made underground missile launching pads.
About three weeks ago, Saudi–led aggressors in an act which violated a UN-brokered truce late on Saturday, targeted the town of al-Hani in Hodeidah province with dozens of artillery shells. 208/ 211/103
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