ALMOST 4,000 children have been killed during the brutal war in Yemen up to September, according to a new report by the United Nations.

Unicef reported on Monday that at least 3,774 children have been killed and 7,245 maimed in the conflict, which has raged since March 2015, though the agency said that the death toll among children is likely to be much higher.

Some 3,904 youngsters have been recruited as child soldiers, and the agency has estimated that about 2.2 million children in Yemen are acutely malnourished.