Aden, March 3 -- Responding to the violent deaths of five children in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Ford said that Yemen's civil war continues to take a "horrific toll" on children.
In a statement released on Saturday, Ms. Ford said that "In Yemen, children can no longer safely do the things that all children love to do - like go to school or spend time with their friends outside. The war can reach them wherever they are, even in their own homes."
The warring parties in the country signed a UN-led partial ceasefire agreement last December, but this did not spare the five children from being killed in an attack on the Tahita District, to the south of Hudaydah, which is...