The United Nations human rights office announced yesterday that the civilian death toll in the civil war has reached 2,795 dead and 5,324 wounded since March 26 2015.

 

The fighting pits Shi’ite Houthi rebels and troops loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh against southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants, deposed president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and a Saudi-led military coalition.