Nearly 17 million people are facing hunger in war-torn Yemen as Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan.

The U.N. described the situation in the country as, "the largest humanitarian crisis in the world."

At the same time, more than two million children suffer from malnutrition in the country, and a child under the age of five dies every 10 minutes of preventable diseases, a UNICEF report said.

Additionally, the country is facing a cholera outbreak with more than 29,000 people infected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Muslims across Yemen, including residents of Hodeidah, a western coastal city, are marking their third Ramadan under the shadow of war.

"People from Hodeidah are living in a tragic situation. Ramadan arrives as people are suffering greatly from unpaid salaries, no electricity, no water with the hot weather and the blockade due to the ongoing war in Yemen," charity worker Sadeq Al Saeedi told Al Jazeera.

Yemen has been in a state of civil war since 2014, when the Shia Houthi militia group and allied forces of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh took over the capital Sanaa and other parts of the country.

The conflict escalated a year later when Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies launched a major air campaign aimed at reversing Houthi gains and shoring up Yemen's pro-Saudi government.

According to the UN, 11.3 percent of Yemen's population has been forcibly displaced by the conflict.