in 2018, the united nations warned that 13 million yemeni civilians face starvation in what it says could become "the worst famine in the world in 100 years." the international community sharply condemned the saudi arabian-led bombing campaign, which included widespread bombing of civilian areas. the bombing campaign has killed or injured an estimated 17,729 civilians as of march 2019 according to the yemen data project. despite this, the crisis gained less international media attention than the syrian civil war. the us has been providing bombs to aid the saudi forces and airstrikes in yemen. in march 2019, this led the us senate to pass a resolution to end us support of saudi arabia. it was vetoed by president of the united states donald trump, and in may, the senate failed to override the veto.