The civil war, which took place in Yemen in the 5^th year, continues to have devastating effects on civilians.

Tens of thousands of people have lost their lives in the war, which is not on the agenda of the world as much as Syria and Libya, and millions of people are on the verge of death because of hunger.

Yemen faces the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world according to UN data. Reports of independent sources show that more than 60,000 people have lost their lives since the beginning of the war.

The conflict-driven humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been described as the largest emergency in the world, with more than 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

The conflict has led to the internal displacement of 2.2 million people, left over 1 million public sector workers without pay for two years and undermined humanitarian access.

An estimated 12 million Yemenis, including 2 million children, will be dependent on food assistance in 2019, says UNICEF.

As the health sector collapses due to the war, it became difficult to intervene in cholera, diphtheria and similar diseases.

At least 8.4 million people are starving and 14 million are in need of emergency assistance. These figures correspond to a quarter of Yemen's population.

Mark Lowcock, UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and emergency coordinator, warned against imminent starvation of Yemen, stating that three-quarters of the population is in need of all humanitarian assistance.

Yemen risks becoming a forgotten crisis while global media and donor attention flitting from one crisis hotspot to another. But its needs are enormous, well above that of similar crises such as Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan. The sheer number of people in need is more than double that of Iraq, nearly triple of Afghanistan and almost double of Syria. Almost all of Yemen’s population has been affected by the crisis, which has spread to 20 of the 22 governorates. (ILKHA)