Armies of Liberation

Jane Novak's blog about Yemen

Northern Aid Corridor Open

Filed under: Saada War, Saudi Arabia — by Jane Novak at 1:28 am on Wednesday, November 11, 2009

This is much better. Aid is flowing through Saudi Arabia for a week but swome people are still cut off.

SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 10 (UPI) – WFP said it was delivering food aid to the IDP population in the northern provinces of Yemen where fighting between government forces and Shiite al-Houthi rebels is at its worst.

The relief organization said much of the recent aid was from cross-border routes originating in Saudi Arabia. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Yemeni Red Crescent Society began ferrying supplies through the northern route last week.

WFP said that while the aid delivery has improved, it was worried some of the IDP population in the north remains cut off from vital resources.

“WFP is calling for the establishment of reliable humanitarian corridors to guarantee safe and continued passage for relief convoys,” said Gian Carlo Cirri, the WFP representative in Yemen…

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