{"id":1059,"date":"2015-06-13T03:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1059-red-cross-announces-26-million-civilians-at-risk-in-yemen\/"},"modified":"2015-06-13T03:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:28:52","slug":"red-cross-announces-26-million-civilians-at-risk-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1059-red-cross-announces-26-million-civilians-at-risk-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross announces 26 million civilians at risk in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;\">The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen, saying 26 million civilians are at risk in the impoverished country, which has been under Saudi airstrikes since March 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><br \/> Cedric Schweizer, the head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen, made the announcement while discussing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen during a recent interview with Russia Today news channel on Wednesday.<br \/> Schweizer added that nearly eleven weeks of the Saudi airstrikes have also caused severe shortages in food, water, fuel and medical aid in Yemen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><br \/> He said increasing insecurity have blocked the distribution of fuel supplies and food aid to Yemeni people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; color: #373e4d; background: #F6F7F8; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><br \/> The Red Cross official also urged the international community to help in lifting Yemenis out of the current situation by initiating a dialogue and finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) \u00a0 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen, saying 26 million civilians are at risk in the impoverished country, which has been under Saudi airstrikes since March 26. 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