Dozens of children demonstrate in the city of Taiz, in southwest Yemen, condemning the ongoing war in the city and the country since the beginning of 2015, and demanding all parties to stop the fighting. The children at the Badr Al-Ahlia school, in the centre of the city, have raised banners depicting their suffering in Taiz, which has been besieged by Houthi rebels and their allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh since August 2015. The NGO National Organization for Health Development has organised the event in conjunction with the World Children's Day to highlight the suf
Dozens of children demonstrate in the city of Taiz, in southwest Yemen, condemning the ongoing war in the city and the country since the beginning of 2015, and demanding all parties to stop the fighting. The children at the Badr Al-Ahlia school, in the centre of the city, have raised banners depicting their suffering in Taiz, which has been besieged by Houthi rebels and their allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh since August 2015. The NGO National Organization for Health Development has organised the event in conjunction with the World Children's Day to highlight the suffering of children and the crimes committed against them during the three-year long conflict. According to the organisation statistics, more than 2104 children have been killed and wounded, while about two thousand have become orphans, since the outbreak of the war and the fighting in the city
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