Given that Yemen’s malnourished children are particularly susceptible to disease, the number of Yemeni children dying from preventable diseases like cholera, diphtheria and others has reached dramatic proportions, claiming the lives of 66,000 children annually. This alarming situation, as Thorning-Schmidt concluded, “risks killing an entire generation of Yemen’s children.”

Despite the clear and pressing danger that this humanitarian crisis presents to the entire civilian population of Yemen and particularly to Yemen’s children, the Saudi-led coalition shows no signs of backing down on its campaign to bring the country to its knees. Indeed, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), who is widely believed to be the “mastermind” behind the war, vowed last month to continue targeting women and children throughout Yemen in order to “leave a big impact on the consciousness of Yemenis [for] generations” so that “their [Yemen’s] children, women and even their men to shiver whenever the name of Saudi Arabia is mentioned.” MBS’ comments came shortly after the coalition bombed a school bus in Yemen, killing over 40 children.

Since the war began in early 2015, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have targeted weddings, hospitals, water and electricity plants and have killed and injured thousands. In July, 43% of the coalition strikes targeting Yemen were non-military (i.e. civilian sites) even though, since June, the U.S. has been aiding the coalition in “fine tuning” their target lists.

Even though the recent bombing of the school bus and other civilian targets has resulted in an increase in international scrutiny, the U.S. “rubber stamped” the coalition’s bombing campaign earlier this week despite the Saudi-coalition’s continued targeting of civilian infrastructure, including buses and water treatment facilities.

With Yemen now risking the loss of an entire generation due to the coalition’s actions, those continuing to aid and to arm the coalition are undeniably complicit in the “unprecedented” starvation and suffering of Yemen’s children.

Top Photo | A severely malnourished girl is weighed at the Aslam Health Center in Hajjah, Yemen, Aug. 25, 2018. Hammadi Issa | AP

Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News and a contributor to Ben Swann’s Truth in Media. Her work has appeared on Global Research, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has also made radio and TV appearances on RT and Sputnik. She currently lives with her family in southern Chile.