Emergency aid arrives in conflict-hit Yemen as air strikes continue
- 9 years ago
As the Saudi-led coalition pursues air strikes on Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen – now in their third week – the humanitarian situation on the ground is being described as catastrophic, with hundreds killed..
In the capital Sanaa, weapons storage sites were targeted in a sixteenth straight day of air strikes on Friday.
At Aden in the south, the Saudis said a sports stadium used to store ammunition had been bombed.
Two planes carrying emergency aid from the Red Cross and UNICEF arrived in Sanaa on Friday, the first such deliveries from international aid groups since the heavy fighting began.
The parliament of Sunni-majority Pakistan has voted not to join the Saudi-led military intervention, dashing Riyadh’s hopes for powerful support from outside the region.
“(Parliament) desires that Pakistan should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis,” the chamber said.
A suicide car bomb detonated outside a se
In the capital Sanaa, weapons storage sites were targeted in a sixteenth straight day of air strikes on Friday.
At Aden in the south, the Saudis said a sports stadium used to store ammunition had been bombed.
Two planes carrying emergency aid from the Red Cross and UNICEF arrived in Sanaa on Friday, the first such deliveries from international aid groups since the heavy fighting began.
The parliament of Sunni-majority Pakistan has voted not to join the Saudi-led military intervention, dashing Riyadh’s hopes for powerful support from outside the region.
“(Parliament) desires that Pakistan should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis,” the chamber said.
A suicide car bomb detonated outside a se