Report: Yemen War Death Toll Approaching 100,000

A man walks through the rubble of an air strike on a college in Saada, Yemen.Naif Rahma / Reuters

The Guardian: Human cost of Yemen war laid bare as the death toll nears 100,000

Report outlines the war’s impact on civilians as well as fighters as the researchers call for resolution to conflict.

As the court of appeal prepares to rule on the legitimacy of the British government’s continued supply of weapons to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, new figures show the conflict’s total death toll is fast approaching the 100,000 mark.

With no clear resolution in sight, the extent of civilian casualties caused by direct targeting has also been outlined in a report by the the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project (Acled) as the war with Houthi rebels enters its fifth year.

The project claims to provide the most comprehensive evaluation of the war to date, extending its previous research into fatalities to cover the start of the Yemen conflict in March 2015 through to the present day.

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Update #1: Nearly 100,000 have been killed in ongoing Yemen war, report finds (FOX News)
Update #2: Yemen death toll could hit 233,000 by 2020 (The Arab American News)

WNU Editor: The ACLED report on Yemen's war dead is here .... Yemen War Death Toll Exceeds 90,000 According to New ACLED Data for 2015.