{"id":5327,"date":"2018-01-17T13:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5327-over-75-percent-of-yemenis-in-need-of-aid-un\/"},"modified":"2018-01-17T13:34:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T13:34:55","slug":"over-75-percent-of-yemenis-in-need-of-aid-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5327-over-75-percent-of-yemenis-in-need-of-aid-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 75 percent of Yemenis in need of aid: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations (UN) says the number of the Yemenis who are dependent on assistance has risen to 22.2 million, as the risk of famine increases three years into a Saudi Arabian-led war on impoverished Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The United Nations (UN) says the number of the Yemenis who are dependent on assistance has risen to 22.2 million, as the risk of famine increases three years into a Saudi Arabian-led war on impoverished Yemen.<\/h4>\n<h4>The UN humanitarian affairs office, the OCHA, said on Tuesday that 8.4 million people \u2014 out of Yemen\u2019s population of 29 million \u2014 were now at risk of famine, up from 6.8 million in 2017.<\/h4>\n<h4>According to the OCHA, a total of 22.2 million people, or 76 percent of Yemen\u2019s population, are dependent on some form of aid, an increase of 1.5 million people over the past six months.<\/h4>\n<h4>The humanitarian crisis caused by the Saudi Arabian-led war on Yemen has been worsened by a crippling blockade enforced by the invading countries.<\/h4>\n<h4>Saudi Arabia tightened that siege on November 6 after Yemeni fighters targeted an international airport near the Saudi capital of Riyadh with a cruise missile in retaliation for Saudi-led strikes.<\/h4>\n<h4>More than 13,600 people have been killed since the onset of the Saudi-led war on Yemen in 2015. 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