The UN has called for a halt to fighting in a district of Yemen’s oil-rich Marib province that pits government forces supported by a Saudi-led coalition against Iran-backed Huthi rebels, IgbereTV reports.
Marib, Shabwa and Al-Bayda provinces have all seen an escalation in fighting in recent weeks, resulting in “a devastating impact on civilians”, according to David Gressly, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Yemen.
The security situation has been particularly difficult in Marib’s Abdiya district, where the UN says the movement of aid and some 35,000 people has been “extremely restricted”, including for 17,000 “extremely vulnerable” people who found refuge there from conflict in other areas of Yemen.
