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A child suffering from malnutrition sits on a bed at a treatment center in al-Sabeen Maternal Hospital in the Yemeni capital Sana\u2019a on October 5, 2019. (Photo by AFP)<\/p>\n\n

Yemen\u2019s Ministry of Human Rights has warned that the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught against the impoverished and conflict-ridden Arab country has taken heavy toll on Yemeni children's mental wellbeing, saying tens of thousands of minors suffer from persistent trauma and psychological disorders there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The ministry announced in a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0published on Saturday that almost five years of continuous conflict in Yemen have left a devastating impact\u00a0on the mental health of children, and that 80,000 kids suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other related issues.<\/p>\n\n

The report added that 9,835 civilians, including 800 children, have been paralyzed as a result of direct targeting of their houses and places of residents by Saudi-led military aircraft.<\/p>\n\n

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The Yemeni ministry further highlighted that while 24 million and one hundred thousand people are in dire need of assistance, including food, healthcare, water, accommodation and education, more than 70 thousand civilians, who are suffering from conditions that cannot be treated inside Yemen, cannot receive required medication as the Saudi-led coalition does not allow the opening of a humanitarian air bridge from Sana'a International Airport.<\/p>\n\n

The report stated that 8,000 family households in al-Durayhimi\u00a0city of the western coastal province of Hudaydah urgently need food and medical supplies as they are under siege by the Saudi-led alliance.<\/p>\n\n

The Yemeni ministry concluded by putting the poverty rate at\u00a0around 85 percent, noting that 65 percent of the Yemeni labor force is unemployed as well.<\/p>\n\n

Yemeni Minister of Public Health and Population Taha al-Mutawakel, citing a new report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),\u00a0stated on December 12 that 300 Yemeni children suffering from various diseases, including cancer, lose their lives every day.<\/p>\n\n

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He warned that children with cancerous tumors suffer the most due to the scarcity of chemotherapy medicines and the dire shortage of treating facilities in the blockaded country.<\/p>\n\n

According to Mutawakel, 40,000 Yemenis, at least 6,000 of them children, get inflicted with cancer each year. During the past nearly four years, the number\u00a0of people diagnosed with various types of cancerous tumors has multiplied.<\/p>\n\n

Mutawakel said\u00a0the Saudi-led military coalition waging a war on Yemen\u00a0is still preventing cancer patients from traveling abroad and barring them\u00a0from crossing a UN-sponsored humanitarian air bridge.<\/p>\n\n

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Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of\u00a0bringing the government of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi\u00a0back to power and crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement.<\/p>\n\n

The US-based\u00a0Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization,\u00a0estimates that the\u00a0war has\u00a0claimed\u00a0more than 100,000\u00a0lives<\/a>\u00a0over the past four and a half years.<\/p>\n\n

The war has also taken a heavy toll on the country\u2019s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger<\/p>\n\n

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