Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis
Newborn twins in Yemen are suffering from severe acute malnutrition as the ongoing civil war disrupts food supplies and healthcare. The family's struggle highlights the broader humanitarian crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the region.
Why it matters
Draws attention to the devastating impact of conflict on vulnerable populations and the urgent need for humanitarian aid.
Children in Yemen face homelessness and malnutrition as war rages/Screengrab
From the day they were born, just seven weeks ago, twins Raghad Hassan and her brother Raad have been battling for survival.
They came into the world prematurely, as fighting surged in Yemen's long-running civil war between Houthi rebel fighters and government forces.
When the Houthis reached their village in the Kahboub mountains in south-west Yemen, their family of seven was forced to flee amid bombs, missiles, and drone attacks – the twins protected only by blankets.
What followed was three days on foot heading for the port city of Aden.
"It was very difficult," says their father, Bajash Ali Sagir Hassan, a softly spoken shepherd. "We didn't find cars or transportation. One kind person brought us here [on the fourth day] while others refused."
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