The stark photograph of such a young child in pain — Hussain was suffering from severe acute malnutrition — was emblematic of the brutal civil war that has pushed millions to the brink of starvation.
“Amal was always smiling. Now I’m worried for my other children,” she told the newspaper in a phone interview. She said Amal died October 26, according to the Times.
The three-year conflict between the US-backed Saudi-led coalition and the Iranian-aligned Houthis has devastated Yemen and reportedly has killed at least 10,000 people.
In an interview Thursday with CNN, Martin Griffiths, the UN envoy to Yemen, acknowledged that Khashoggi’s October 2 killing “catalyzed” calls for peace in Yemen.
He added that the most pressing factor justifying the US foreign policy move in Yemen was the threat of starvation.
“The threat of famine is a very real threat and risks doubling the numbers of people in Yemen who are at risk of dying of hunger or famine. That’s the urgent factor here,” he said.
Griffiths warned that the alternative to peace would be “devastating,” leading to a rise in famine, terrorism and further regional instability and affecting trade routes used to access Europe.
Journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report from Sanaa, Yemen.
Source : Nbcnewyork
