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Saudi urged to ease Yemen blockade further
Saudi urged to ease Yemen blockade further
November 12, 2017 | 01:24 AM
TheSaudi-led coalition’s easing of its blockade on famine-threatened Yemenis “a step in the right direction” but does not go far enough, theEuropean Union and United Nations said.The coalition shut downYemen’s borders on Monday in response to a missile attack by Houthirebels that was intercepted near Riyadh airport.On Wednesday, itreopened the southern port of Aden, controlled by coalition-backedgovernment forces, and the Wadea crossing on the Saudi-Yemeni border wasreopened the next day.The EU’s commissioner for humanitarian aidand crisis management, Christos Stylianides, said yesterday that moresteps were needed.“Initial measures to resume operations in Adenport and to open Wadea border crossing are a step in the rightdirection,” he said.
November 12, 2017 | 01:24 AM