DUBAI: Yemen’s Marib deputy governor Abd-Rabbu Miftah has asked UNICEF to support efforts by local authorities to respond to the growing needs of internally displaced people (IDP) in the country.
Miftah made the requests during talks held on Tuesday with UNICEF’s representative in Yemen, Philippe Duamelle, who is on an official visit in Marib, reported state agency Saba.
Duamelle is in the Yemeni governorate to broaden partnerships with local bodies and get first-hand information on the current humanitarian situation in the war-torn city.
Miftah aims to meet health, education, water, and childhood protection needs of those living in Marib with the help and support of UNICEF.
He also expressed his appreciation for the UN organization’s significant humanitarian intervention in the governorate.
Duamelle praised the robust partnership with Marib local authority and its understanding of the growing needs of IDPs who continue to arrive in the city daily.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ma’een Abdulmalik reiterated the government’s keenness to establish regional and international collaborations with local demining programs during a meeting in Aden.
During the talks held with a delegation from the Hello Trust Organization, Abdulmalik called on the international community to condemn and act against the Houthi militia’s excessive use of landmines, which violates international law.
Program director Calvin Ricin, and director of the organization's program in Yemen Abdullah al-Khasawina, also discussed demining projects focused on clearing the country from mine planted by Houthis.
Yemen’s Minister Planning and International Cooperation Wa’id Badhib also called on the World Bank (WB) to increase aid as part of further efforts to support the country’s ongoing crisis.
Badhib, who made the appeal during a meeting with WB’s President David Malpass and governors of Arab Central Banks at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington.
He called on the international financial institution to handle ‘grassroots of food insecurity, energy and promote investment in the infrastructure,’ state news agency Saba reported.
Badhib welcomed the WB’s decisions to re-establish its presence in Aden, and urged the entity to help develop private-owned businesses Yemen.
Yemen seeks greater humanitarian intervention from international community
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Yemen seeks greater humanitarian intervention from international community
- Miftah aims to meet health, education, water, and childhood protection needs of those living in Marib
- Abdulmalik called on the international community to condemn and act against the Houthi militia’s excessive use of landmines
Iran temporarily closes airspace to most flights
WASHINGTON: Iran temporarily closed its airspace to all flights except international ones to and from Iran with official permission at 5:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, according to a notice posted on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website. The prohibition is set to last for more than two hours until 7:30 p.m. ET, or 0030 GMT, but could be extended, the notice said. The United States was withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a US official said on Wednesday, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbors it would hit American bases if Washington strikes. Missile and drone barrages in a growing number of conflict zones represent a high risk to airline traffic. India’s largest airline, IndiGo said some of its international flights would be impacted by Iran’s sudden airspace closure. A flight by Russia’s Aeroflot bound for Tehran returned to Moscow after the closure, according to tracking data from Flightradar24. Earlier on Wednesday, Germany issued a new directive cautioning the country’s airlines from entering Iranian airspace, shortly after Lufthansa rejigged its flight operations across the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region.
The United States already prohibits all US commercial flights from overflying Iran and there are no direct flights between the countries. Airline operators like flydubai and Turkish Airlines have canceled multiple flights to Iran in the past week. “Several airlines have already reduced or suspended services, and most carriers are avoiding Iranian airspace,” said Safe Airspace, a website run by OPSGROUP, a membership-based organization that shares flight risk information. “The situation may signal further security or military activity, including the risk of missile launches or heightened air defense, increasing the risk of misidentification of civil traffic.” Lufthansa said on Wednesday that it would bypass Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further notice while it would only operate day flights to Tel Aviv and Amman from Wednesday until Monday next week so that crew would not have to stay overnight. Some flights could also be canceled as a result of these actions, it added in a statement. Italian carrier ITA Airways, in which Lufthansa Group is now a major shareholder, said that it would similarly suspend night flights to Tel Aviv until Tuesday next week.
