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According to the United Nations, half of Yemen's population, nearly 14 million people, is on the verge of starvation and threatens to depend totally on food aid to survive.
Mark Lowcock issued this warning to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Lowcock is responsible for humanitarian aid within the UN
According to Lowcock, the risk of a famine is far greater than anything experts in this field have ever seen in their lives. professional life. "In the last twenty years, there have been only two famines: one in Somalia in 2011 and one in South Sudan in 2017.
In Yemen, a civil war broke out between the Houthi rebels and the government for four years, rebels receive support from Iran, the government of an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia.According to the United Nations, the fighting has claimed the lives of more than 28,000 people and 10,000 civilians were killed in a bomb attack by the coalition.
Lowcock called for a humanitarian battle and asked for additional financial assistance for food aid. The UN now provides assistance to some eight million Yemenis.
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