Agency Report
Yemen’s Huthi rebels said Tuesday they have allowed the temporary resumption of UN flights into the capital’s Sanaa airport, a week after a halt due to Saudi-led coalition air strikes.
“The civil aviation authority announces the resumption of UN and other organisation flights into Sanaa airport on a temporary basis,” the rebel-run Al-Masirah television reported.
“The (rebel administration’s) foreign ministry was contacted to notify the UN and all international organisations that Sanaa airport was ready to receive flights.”
Yemen has been embroiled in a civil between the government — supported by the Saudi-led coalition — and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2014.
Flights into the rebel-held capital have been largely halted by a Saudi-led blockade since August 2016, but there have been exemptions for aid flights that are a key lifeline for the population.
