“There is no cry, only the silence of death” Yemen is now’hell’

The dire situation in Yemen, which has been suffering from civil war for more than six years, was communicated by international organizations.

“That (Yemen) was hell,” said David Beasley, Secretary General of the World Food Program (WFP) in an interview with the Associated Press on the 10th (local time).

Beasley, who visited Sana, the capital city occupied by the Huti (self-proclaimed Ansarula) rebels earlier this week, testified that the city hospital was full of children suffering from malnutrition and infectious diseases.

“When I go to the hospital, I usually have to hear the cries and laughter of children, but there was neither crying nor laughter,” he said. “The only thing left was’the silence of death’,” he said.

Secretary-General Beasley explained that Yemeni children were dying from famine and epidemics, and only the lucky few were able to get first aid.

He added, “This is hell. There is no worst place on Earth than here, and all of this is done by humans.”

The Sana area was bombed by Saudi Arabia-led Arab League forces on the 7th.

At the time, AFP reported that black smoke rose with a big explosion in Sanaa.

On the same day, Hooty launched a drone and ballistic missile attack at the Aramco oil facility in Rastanura in eastern Saudi Arabia.

The UN has warned that 16 million people, half of Yemeni’s population, could face severe food shortages.

International organizations and aid organizations say that more than 500,000 Yemenis are already suffering from famine, which is the worst humanitarian crisis. There are 400,000 children who need immediate help to save their lives from fatal malnutrition.

Secretary-General Beasley said, “We need 815 million dollars (about 930 billion won) of aid to Yemen over the next six months, but the current fundraising amount is only 300 million dollars (about 340 billion won).” Failure to do so will result in massive famine and border departure from June to July,” he warned.

Secretary-General Beasley was also selected as a winner on behalf of the World Food Program, which received the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

The Iranian-backed rebel Huti recently attempted to take control of the northwestern state of Marib, a base of government forces in northern Yemen, while at the same time intensifying offensive against Saudi Arabia.

In particular, after the US withdrew the designation of a terrorist organization against the rebel Huti last month, the frequency of rebels attacking Saudi Arabia increased.

The civil war in Yemen has been going on for more than six years since the rebels took over the capital Sana in late 2014.

In 2015, the dispute began in earnest as Saudi Arabia and the United States intervened to prevent Iran from expanding its influence in Yemen.

To date, more than 130,000 people have been killed and more than 3 million refugees have occurred.

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