![]() ![]() Acled found that the Saudi-led coalition and its allies were responsible for 67% (over 8,000) of such fatalities, with the Houthis and their allies responsible for over 16% (1,900). Since 2015, Acled has recorded 4,500 direct civilian targeting events that led to approximately 11,700 reported deaths. The deliberate targeting of civilians, which both sides continue to deny, is outlawed by the Geneva conventions. In 2017, 7,900 events caused 16,800 deaths, bringing the total number of events to 39,700 and cumulative fatalities to 91,600. In 2015, 7,700 events caused 17,100 deaths, while the following year 8,700 events caused 15,100 death. The figures for earlier years paint a similarly distressing picture. ![]() “The international community must use it to help understand, monitor, and ultimately resolve the conflict before the situation spirals even further out of control.” ![]() “The data is both a tool and a warning,” said Raleigh. The project claims to provide the most comprehensive evaluation of the war to date, extending its previous research into fatalities to cover the start of the Yemen conflict in March 2015 through to the present day,Ĭlionadh Raleigh, Acled’s executive director, said the data provided “an estimate of the war’s true toll for the first time”. ![]()
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