Beyond the starvation and malnutrition, war-torn Yemen has been the site of cholera epidemics, and medical shortages so extreme and so long that some chronic illnesses, like diabetes, killed the bulk of those inflicted simply from going untreated too long. Saudi airstrikes continue to kill large numbers of people, mainly civilians, and those strikes have fuelled international outcry, yet no decisive action by the UN to force an end to the conflict and hold the Saudi-led culprits to account.

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