Images reveal Yemenis faced starvation through Ramadaan as humanitarian crisis grows May 12, 2021, 09:06 AM facebook email A child from a family who was affected by a 6-year war and blockades checks his family's Ramadan dinner meal he received from a charitable center at Mseek area on April 30, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images Many have been relying on food assistance from aid organizations to get by. The country is going through one of the worst humanitarian crises of modern times. For the past month, locals across Yemen fasted for the Islamic Holy month of Ramadaan but many faced starvation brought on by a worsening humanitarian crisis after six years of war.