Angelina Jolie is speaking out in support of the people of Yemen amid the country’s ongoing civil war.
In a release obtained by PEOPLE, Jolie — who is currently spending three days in Yemen, where she has “met both internally displaced Yemenis as well as refugees in the north and south of the country,” according to the release — says, “The level of human suffering here is unimaginable.”
“For every day that Yemen’s brutal conflict continues, more and more innocent lives are lost and more people will continue to suffer,” she continues. “We live in a world where suffering and horror dominates headlines, but where such headlines can result in overwhelming displays of compassion and international solidarity.”
The actress, humanitarian and Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 46, says she hopes “this compassion and solidarity will be extended to the people of Yemen, who urgently need a swift and peaceful resolution to this conflict – and to other displaced people, whoever and wherever they are in the world.”