After four years of war in Yemen

By  abdulwhed alsumae 

After four years of conflict in Yemen with no end in sight, the war-torn country is grappling with the worst outbreak ever recorded. This comes as the country teeters on the brink of famine, suffering from soaring food prices, inflation an
d fuel shortages.
 For nearly three years, the situation in Yemen has deteriorated, and the ongoing war destroyed the sewage networks in Yemen and hospitals.
While the risk of cholera continues, other deadly diseases such as diphtheria, according to reports from several international organizations, Over 23 million Yemeni are in need of humanitarian assistance, out of which 8 million are facing famine-like conditions.
 Recent blockades and clashes deepened the already dire catastrophic humanitarian situation.
 The situation is dire. Yemen imports 90 percent of its food supply but, because of the conflict, all of Yemen's sea ports have been closed, and goods can’t get in. That includes the main port of Hodeida, which receives the majority of commercial commodities and humanitarian aid, further preventing supplies from reaching the people who need them most
Afflicted with war that has plunged the country into what the United Nations has called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, thousands of professionals in Yemen have endured the war without an income in over a year
Mohamod alsomy 29 years
“Life was already difficult when we were receiving the salaries because it was barely enough to cover anything, but now that I don’t even receive anything, we only live with the most basic necessities,”

“Imagine trying to live without a salary in a country affected by war,” Ali said. “We have called on authorities several times to give us our salaries, but it falls on deaf ears.”
Mahmoud al-Azeri 40 years
We lived in safety suddenly all that disappeared. Nearly a year and a half we still suffer, no salaries, not enough food, no electricity and almost no water. We do not know what is next.
Sara ali 25 years
People stand for hours to get bread to feed their hungry children, and the refugees who ran from their burning houses to stay with their relatives search not for safety, but for a roof to protect them from the sun and daily rain of bullets and missiles.”
"Ordinary Yemenis now pay more than 30 percent of their income just to get water in their houses, the highest rate in the world," said Abdulkhaleq Alwan, a senior expert at Yemen's water and environment ministry.
The price of water has risen so steeply because the price of diesel used to pump water from the wells, and that of petrol to run the trucks, has gone through the roof, Alwan said.
Besides the threat of further starving the country and economic decimation, oil officials say people are now dying because of fuel shortages.

“The price of all commodities, including vegetables and other food products has increased,” said Anwar al-Ameri, the spokesman for the Yemen Oil Company. “More and more people are dying because of this, the lack of electricity and the lack of fuel to keep the hospitals operating.”
 “We sometimes use the money we have for food to buy a candle,”AhmedSa’ad, 33, holding back tears. “What can we do? God knows our situation.”
While he says water is now available via a local charity, women and children have to walk roughly a half-kilometer to ferry it back in buckets and jerry cans.
Sa’ad also lost several family members, including his brother, in recent attacks that left survivors homeless.
“The world’s indifference to the suffering of Yemeni civilians in this conflict is shocking,” said Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty International crisis response adviser who led the organization’s fact-finding mission to Yemen.
Politically, the war appears to be a battle between Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other foreign powers, Sana’a residents say. But they point out that while the power players may be locked in battle here - the victims are all Yemeni

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