In Yemen, the first aid flights since the Saudi-led coalition imposed a blockade on rebel-held areas three weeks ago have landed in capital, Sanaa. These include a UN flight carrying nearly two million doses of vaccines.<br/><br/>Three more aircrafts carrying UN aid workers and International Red Cross staff have also arrived. <br/>The coalition imposed the blockade on the 6th of this month, two days after rebels fired a missile at the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The missile, fired by the rebel Houthi movement, was intercepted over Riyadh's international airport.<br/><br/>The arrival of aid flights comes three days after the coalition announced it would reopen the Red Sea port of Hudaydah for urgent humanitarian aid and Sanaa's airport to UN aid and relief flights.
News On AIR | November 25, 2017 8:52 PM
Yemen war: First aid flights arrive since blockade