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Sunday, November 26, 2017
First food aid in weeks docks at rebel-held Yemen port
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA vessel carrying the first shipment of food aid in three weeks docked Sunday at the rebel-controlled Red Sea port of Saleef in western Yemen, a United Nations official says.
Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme for the Middle East and North Africa region, says some 25,000 tons of wheat will be offloaded early on Monday.
She says “strong winds” were preventing the offloading from taking place on Sunday.
Saleef port is around 70 kilometers (45 miles) north of the key port of Hodeida, also on the Red Sea and in rebel hands.
UN officials have warned that Yemen could face the world’s largest famine in decades unless the crippling blockade by the Saudi-backed coalition fighting Iran-backed Huthi rebels is lifted.
— AFP
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