GENEVA (Sputnik) — A total of 643 people have been killed and 2,226 injured since the Yemen conflict escalated on March 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.
According to the report, over 334,000 people have been displaced while more than 254,000 have been registered as refugees as a result of violent clashes in the crisis-hit Arab country.
Yemen is suffering from a violent conflict between the Houthi rebel group and government forces. The Shiite Houthis took control of the country's capital Sanaa, forcing elected president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to flee the country.
Horrid reports: 6 civilians (4 children) burnt to death in #Yemen in air strikes over night https://t.co/0Wrd8hoRMK pic.twitter.com/e1Xog3ZPU5
— Joseph Willits (@josephwillits) 31 Март 2015
In March, a coalition headed by Saudi Arabia launched a military operation against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen, at the request of president Hadi.
After the Saudi-led coalition began conducting airstrikes on Yemen, the death toll climbed rapidly.
