130 Children Are Dying Every Day in Yemen, Aid Group Says

An international aid group says an estimated 130 children or more die every day in war-torn Yemen from extreme hunger and disease.
A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on November 5, 2017.Photographer: ABDO HYDER/AFP
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Cairo (AP) -- An international aid group says an estimated 130 children or more die every day in war-torn Yemen from extreme hunger and disease.

Save the Children said late on Wednesday that a continuing blockade by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels is likely to further increase the death rate. It says over 50,000 children are believed to have died in 2017.