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Rival sides in Yemen's civil war, the country's foreign minister Khaled al Yamani and rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam shake hands after agreeing a ceasefire for a vital port on the seventh day of the UN-brokered peace talks in Sweden. IMAGES
Images show smoke rising in Khan Yunis, seen from Rafah, and daily life in Rafah amid the ongoing battles between Hamas and Israel. Israel continued to pounded Gaza nearly 12 weeks into the war, triggered by Hamas's bloody October 7 attacks on Israel, that has devastated much of the besieged Palestinian territory and forced many hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. IMAGES
Sanaa (Yemen), Oct 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Yahya Arhab) Yemeni children are taken in by a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Sanaa to receive support and protection.
Sanaa (Yemen), Jun 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Yahya Arhab) Diplomatic efforts continue to pressure the warring factions in Yemen to end the armed conflict in the country that has lasted since 2014 and has plunged the country into the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
Sanaa (Yemen), Feb 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yahya Arhab) The small Yemeni village of Bani al Qallam experienced better years before war broke out in 2014 causing the greatest humanitarian catastrophe on the planet, according to the UN. Its 2,500 residents, on the brink of starvation, are forced to eat vine leaves to survive.FOOTAGE OF A FAMILY GETTING AND COOKING GHULAF LEAVES IN BANI AL QALLAM.FOOTAGE OF A RATIONS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE IN BANI AL QALLAM.SOUNDBITES IN ENGLISH OF FATIK AL-RUDANIN (FROM MONA RELIEF); IN ARAB OF NASSER AHMAD AL-QALLAM (60-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT); HUSSEIN AHMAD AL-QALLAM (45-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT); AND OF SADDAM AL-SUWAIDI (NURSE). Translations in order of appearance:Nasser Ahmad al-Qallam, 60:- “Only God knows that we have got nothing but our day livelihood; (we eat) only in the mornings and evenings."- "We were better off with the livestock and then the livestock starved to death, and now the situation is difficult. No organization has reached us with food support."Hussein Ahmad al-Qallam, 45: - “Since our salaries were cut off, we have not been able to buy neither corn nor wheat [PAUSE] We have turned to this plant to eat its leaves."Saddam Al-Suwaidi, nurse:-“People's economic conditions are difficult, and this is reflected in the family’s health.............."- “We asked the organizations and the health bureau to provide us with soy nutrition for the women, but so far we have not received anything."- “Most of the children, 70 per cent, need supplementary food to treat the moderate acute malnutrition they suffer from."
Sanaa (Yemen), Oct 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Yahya Arhab) According to a recent report by United Nations aid agencies, a total of 2.3 million minors, half from Yemen, will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, an increase of 22 percent compared to 2020.
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