UN accuses all parties in Yemen of attacking civilian areas

March 04, 2016 04:47

The UN humanitarian chief has accused all parties in Yemen's escalating conflict of attacking civilian facilities including hospitals and schools

and demanded an immediate halt and access to the entire country to deliver desperately needed aid.

Stephen O'Brien told the UN Security Council yesterday that over 2,000 children are estimated to have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict including at least 90 children killed so far this year.

O'Brien said the relentless and often indiscriminate nature of the violence was made "starkly clear" last Saturday when 30 people were killed and 40 injured in a strike on a busy market in the capital Sanaa.

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