Yemen tragedy in figures
The war in Yemen is the forgotten conflict. The humanitarian nightmare. The millions of people left to starvation, cholera and even leprosy.
60,000 victims of war, mostly civilians, since 2016.
5 million's children in Yemen do not attend school, out of a total of 7 million's
1.2 million people with cholera since 2017. At least 2500 would have died.
18 million's people who depend entirely on humanitarian aid (out of a population of 28 million's).
$ 67.6 billion's : Saudi Arabia's military spending in 2018. It is the country that spends the most on its army, compared to its gross domestic product (8.8%).
400 new cases of leprosy registered in Yemen each year.
19,278 bombings recorded in the territory of Yemen between March 26, 2015 (beginning of the Saudi intervention) and February 28, 2019.
3.3 million's internally displaced persons.
Source: Perspective Monde, University of Sherbrooke), yemendataproject.org Organization of the united Nations food and agriculture organization (FAO), world health Organization (WHO), the Armed Conflict location and Event Data Project (ACLED).
About Writer Pascal Gibert
Former journalist and press relations, web development, etc. Ardent defender of the axis of resistance.
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If you want to judge if a party is a Lebanese enough, let me say we take up arms and fight against the occupation of our land, is that Lebanese enough? ― Sayed Hassan Nasrallah