DUBAI: Yemen’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammer Al-Eryani called on the international community, the UN and US envoys to Yemen to openly condemn the Houthi militia’s actions against efforts to maintain the truce and end the war in the country.
The “Iran-allied Houthi militias have continued to maneuver, refusing to implement its obligations under the UN-brokered truce’s article, including lifting the aggressive besiege it has imposed upon millions of civilians in Taiz governorate,” Al-Eryani said a statement carried by the Yemeni News Agency.
The minister added that “Houthi militias’ continuous rejection to open the passageways and ease the peoples movement between the governorates has proved that the militia is fully responsible for blocking the efforts to maintain the truce and bring peaceful solution to the crisis in Yemen.”
Al-Eryani particularly called on the international community to take a decisive stance toward the militia’s sabotage practices to get it fulfilling its obligations under the truce.
The first and foremost obligation shall be lifting a blow made on Taiz to put an end to the civilians’ suffering since seven years, he said.
Yemeni Parliament Speaker Sheikh Sultan Al-Barakani meanwhile discussed with EU Commission head Gabriel Muneera Vinales latest developments in the strife-ridden country.
Al-Barakani said the Houthi attack on Taiz was meant to block the sole road that links the city with Aden, and emphasized need to open roads and ports to Yemeni people.
He pointed out that Houthi militia was not serious in lifting its siege on Taiz.
For his part, Vinales confirmed the bloc’s continued support of peace efforts and expressed his rejection of bloodshed in Yemen and violations to the UN-sponsored truce.
Yemen minister calls on international community to condemn Houthi truce violations
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Yemen minister calls on international community to condemn Houthi truce violations
Drone attack hits WFP aid trucks in Sudan’s North Kordofan, UN says
- Sudan has been gripped by conflict since April 2023, displacing millions and pushing large parts of the population toward famine
NEW YORK: A drone attack struck trucks transporting food aid for displaced families in Sudan’s North Kordofan state on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, the United Nations said.
The trucks, contracted by the World Food Programme were travelling from Kosti to deliver food to starved, displaced people near the state capital, El Obeid, when they were hit, according to a statement by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown.
The attack caused the vehicles to catch fire, destroying food supplies intended for humanitarian response, Brown said.
She said she encountered the aftermath of the strike a few hours later while leaving El Obeid.
“This follows another drone strike earlier this week near a WFP facility in Yabus, Blue Nile State, in which a staff member was injured,” Brown said, adding to concerns over the safety of humanitarian operations in the country.
Humanitarian personnel, assets and supplies must be protected at all times, she said, warning that attacks on aid operations undermine efforts to reach people facing acute hunger and displacement.
Sudan has been gripped by conflict since April 2023, displacing millions and pushing large parts of the population toward famine. Aid agencies say insecurity and attacks on humanitarian convoys continue to severely restrict access to vulnerable communities.
Brown stressed that safe and unimpeded humanitarian access remains critical to ensure assistance reaches those most in need across Sudan.
