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An airstrike by the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition on a hotel near the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed dozens of people on Wednesday, multiple news agencies have reported, as a “man made” humanitarian crisis extends its grip on the impoverished nation.

“Each day that passes brings more suffering to the unbearable lives of the Yemeni people.”
Click Here: los jaguares argentina—Shane Stevenson, Oxfam InternationalA local medic estimated the number of those killed at 35, Reuters reports. The Associated Press reports that the number may be as high as 60, citing officials and witnesses.

Since March 2015, Saudi-led forces backing the current Yemeni government have waged a military campaign against Houthi forces, with the U.K. and U.S.  fueling the war with millions in arms sales as well as logistical support to ally Saudi Arabia. The United Nations estimates the conflict has killed over 10,000 civilians.

Whether the latest additions to the death toll are civilians remains unclear. A doctor helping with the rescue efforts told AP that all those killed were farmers. A spokesperson for the Saudi coalition said it was a legitimate military target, Reuters reports.

The New York Times adds:

Any survivors of the airstrike face dim prospects, as the country suffers the largest cholera epidemic in the world—there have been over half a million cases—and faces decimated health infrastructure.

The war, now in its third year, and the cholera epidemic, combined with looming famine have created a trifecta of horrors for Yemenis—all of which have been made more deadly due to an ongoing embargo by the Saudis