MEP: Nearly 19 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian aid, according to the UN, but the worst of the civilian impact of the two-year civil war in the country has fallen on the district of Tuhayat on the Red Sea coast.
According to the news agency RT, residents of Tuhayat in the coastal Hodeidah governorate in Yemen scrambled to acquire food. The region has been in turmoil, despair and misery. Many residents also suffer from famine, waiting for outside help, or resigned to their fate.
“We have no energy left, and I have no money with which to treat my child,” says his mother, admitting that the boy is severely malnourished, just one of more than 1.5 million children suffering from the same fate in the country.
Fishing used to be the prime source of subsistence for villagers, before the start of the civil war in Yemen. The area remains under control of the Houthis, but the Saudi-led international coalition has blockaded the coastal areas.
The Saudis have repeatedly fired on fishing boats operated by the locals, saying that some have been used on weapons runs to supply the Houthis. The Saudis attack lead to the death of innocent civilians.
Over 7,000 people who minority of them were civilians have been killed in the conflict and more than 3 million have been displaced, according to international observers.
“The situation is only going to get worse, because there is no functioning government. Social welfare has not been paid for two years. Humanitarian aid has been delivered to some of these areas, but just depending on it is not a viable solution. We need a comprehensive solution,” a human rights activist says.
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