Saudi Aggression Killed 200+ Yemenis in 4 Months
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The United Nations' human rights office said on Friday that deaths among civilians due to Yemen's conflict have been "steadily mounting" with more than 200 people killed and more than 500 wounded in four months, including 50 in one week.
The airstrikes which picked-up this week marked the total collapse of an already fragile truce declared by the United Nations in April, to pave the way for talks in Kuwait. The talks ended this month without a breakthrough.
On Friday, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, expressed alarm over the spike in violence.
"The people of Yemen continue to bear the brunt of the suffering as a result of the inability of the parties to find a political solution to a conflict that has been raging for more than a year and a half," he said. "The return to full-scale hostilities will only drive the humanitarian needs further."
Since March 2014, the coalition has battled Ansarullah revolutionaries and allied forces who occupy the capital. Despite its extensive air campaign, the aggression forces have so far failed to dislodge them from the northern region.
Meanwhile, the spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, noted that July and August witnessed some of the war's worst violence against civilians.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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