(dpa/NAN)
UNICEF said on Wednesday no fewer than 398 children have been killed in Yemen since conflict broke out in 2015 with 605 others injured.
Fighting in Yemen intensified in March when the mainly Shiite ethnic Houthi rebels advanced on the former southern capital Aden, forcing President Mansour Hadi to flee to Riyadh.
It also prompted a Saudi-led coalition to launch an air campaign against them.
Gulf-backed fighters on ground have forced rebels from key positions in central Yemen in the past week.
Amnesty International said recent offensives from both sides could amount to war crimes.
The Houthis, backed by military units loyal to Hadi’s predecessor Abdullah Saleh, are facing off against a range of local and tribal fighters, Sunni Islamists, southern secessionists and al-Qaeda militants.
The UN says that 21 million people, some 80 per cent of the population, is currently in need of humanitarian assistance in the country,
They suffer severe poverty, food and water shortages even before the conflict started.
