Yemeni civilians facing famine, diseases amid war

Due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen, more than half of the total population is facing famine, diseases and death threats, according to the recent figures of the United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office.

An estimated 18.8 million people in Yemen need some kind of humanitarian or protection assistance, including 10.3 million who are in acute need.

Escalating conflict since March 2015 has created a vast protection crisis in which millions face risks to their safety and basic rights, and are struggling to survive, according to the UN.

Millions of people in Yemen need assistance to ensure their basic survival.

An estimated 14 million are food insecure ; 14.4 million lack access to safe drinking water or sanitation; 14.7 million lack adequate healthcare; and 3.3 million are acutely malnourished, including 462,000 children who face Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Approximately 18.8 million people are in need of some kind of assistance and 10.3 million are in acute need, UN reported.

A severe protection crisis is under way in Yemen in which civilians face serious risks to their safety, well-being and basic rights.

More than 19 months of war have killed or injured nearly 44,000 people and forced more than 3 million people from their homes.

As many as 7,272 people in 44,000 people were killed and 38,279 others were injured in the country since the beginning of the war, according to the World Health Organization figures.

The public is facing increasing number of diseases as some 122 confirmed cholera cases in Yemen.

Up to now, 92 people died due to the cholera as epidemic illness such as hang hummus, malaria, scabies, respiratory infections and diarrhea increased rapidly since the beginning of the war.

In Yemen, only 45 percent of health facilities are functioning and more than 2 million children are out of school.

As a consequence of the instability, most public sector salaries have not been paid regularly in the past several months.

Al-Qaeda and Daesh have been conducting attacks since the beginning of the violent incidents, as the head of the CIA John Brennan said in September that the two are working together in Yemen.

Yemen has been wracked by chaos since late 2014, when the Houthis and their allies overran the capital, Sanaa, and other parts of the country, forcing members of Yemen's Saudi-backed government to temporarily flee to Riyadh.

The conflict escalated in March of last year when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Muslim allies launched a massive military campaign aimed at reversing Houthi gains in Yemen and restoring the country's embattled government.