Saudi Aggression Devastated Yemen, Claimed 600,000 Casualties: Ministry

Saudi Arabia’s three-year aggression on neighboring Yemen has killed and wounded more than 600,000 civilians, including more than 250,000 children, Yemen’s human rights ministry on Sunday.

The Yemeni ministry issued a statement announcing that the air campaign launched by the Saudi-led coalition since March 27, 2015 has claimed more than 38,500 lives.

A total of 2,949 children and women, as well as 9,979 men, were injured or maimed as a direct result of air strikes.

The statement also pointed out that the Saudi military aggression has indirectly caused the death of 296,834 people.

More than 247,000 children lost their lives due to acute malnutrition, and 17,608 civilians died because of the inability to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The ministry said 1,200 people died of renal failure and another 2236 cholera. A total of 450 pregnant women have also suffered miscarriage.

The statement said criminal acts by militia loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi resulted in the death and injury of 2,361 civilians.

The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights said the Saudi-led war also destroyed 271 factories, killing dozens of fishermen, targeting 93 fish breeding centers, destroying 4,586 fishing boats and depriving more than 50,000 fishermen from sea fishing in the Red Sea. In addition to the Arabian Sea.

The Saudi-led air strikes destroyed nine civilian airports, 14 ports, 5,000 kilometers of roads, 95 bridges, 400 public and private communications facilities, 420 power stations, transmission towers, 450 oil and gas plants and tankers, as well as 85 sports stadiums.

In addition, 19 radio and television stations were destroyed, and 28 radio masts were dropped.

The statement highlighted that the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen has left 6441 educational centers in ruins, leaving 2.5 million students unable to attend schools and universities.

In the agricultural sector, Saudi-led air strikes destroyed 660 food stores and 200 food factories.

The attacks targeted 1,016 farms, 535 central grocery markets, 40 rural grocery markets and 81 sub-markets.

The Yemeni ministry concluded that the Saudi-led aggression led to the destruction of 600 mosques and tourist facilities and the destruction of 393 archaeological sites.

The United Nations says 22.2 million Yemenis need food aid, including 8.4 million under severe hunger.

A senior UN aid official warned recently of the “catastrophic” living conditions in Yemen, pointing out that there was an increased risk of famine and cholera there.

“After three years of conflict, the conditions in Yemen have become catastrophic,” John Ging, director of UN operations, told the UN Security Council on February 27.

“The lives of people have continued to fall,” he said, adding that the conflict has escalated since November, displacing about 100,000 people from their homes.

Ging said cholera has hit 1.1 million people in Yemen since April and a new outbreak of diphtheria has occurred in the war-ravaged Arab country since 1982.