Yemen civil war: Parents forced to watch their children starve to death as war topples country of 29 million into famine | The Independent

Yemen civil war: Parents forced to watch their children starve to death as war topples country of 29 million into famine | The Independent: The young mother steps onto the scale for the doctor. Even with all her black robes on, she weighs only 38kg. Umm Mizrah is pregnant, but starving herself to feed her children. And her sacrifice may not be enough to save them. The doctor’s office is covered with dozens of pictures of emaciated babies who have come through Al-Sadaqa hospital in Aden, casualties of a three-year war in Yemen that has left millions of people on the edge of famine.