In Pictures: Yemenis still in limbo after almost five years of war

SUMMARY

Over 35 lakh Yemenis have been displaced during a nearly five-year war that has spawned what the United Nations says is the world's most urgent humanitarian crisis.

By ReutersJan 15, 2020 3:41:11 PM IST (Published)

Sameera Hussein Nasser, 40, sits with her children at a hut where they live at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen. Over 35 lakh Yemenis have been displaced during a nearly five-year war that has spawned what the United Nations says is the world's most urgent humanitarian crisis. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A girl carries her brother in the sun on a cold winter day at a camp for internally displaced people in Khamir. The war in Yemen pits the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the West, against the Iran-aligned Houthis, who still control Sanaa and other major urban centres. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

More than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict, which has crippled basic services and infrastructure and ravaged the economy. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

More than 1.1 crore people struggle to find enough food, and 240,000 people are living in famine-like conditions, according to The World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Osama Ezzi al-Ghaili, 29, recites prayers next to a grave of a family member killed in an airstrike, at a graveyard in Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif Rahma

Yemenis continue to be displaced from fresh conflict areas, with almost 400,000 people driven from their homes in 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A woman sits in the sun on a cold winter day at a camp for internally displaced people in Khamir of the northwestern province of Amran. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah