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Saudi Arabia has blocked a UN request for an independent investigation into alleged crimes committed during the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.

The UN claims the inquiry spearheaded by the Yemeni National Committee is not enough.
Yemen is running out of food, fuel and medicine; and the number of malnourished children is skyrocketing. UN figures claim more than half of Yemen's 28 million population is suffering from a lack of food, and vulnerable children end up being the hardest hit.

Up to 400,000 children suffer severe malnutrition leading to a number of diseases.

A study reported by UK’s Guardian newspaper reveals more than a third of all airstrikes hit civilian sites, including hospitals, schools and mosques.

Kim Sharif, director of Human Rights for Yemen describes the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe on an unprecedented level.”

“It may well amount to genocide if we don’t act quickly and do something about it,” she told RT.

Both the UN and UNICEF have been reporting the situation in Yemen, but “unfortunately it is all about talking and making reports and chit-chatting,” the lawyer said.

The nineteen months of conflict has regularly involved airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition battling against Houthi rebels, and the people of Yemen are dying of hunger and lack of medical supplies, Sharif said.