Saudi Arabia Ends Its Blockade of Yemen’s Ports and Airports After International Condemnation They Would Cause Millions to Starve
- Saudi Arabia Ends Its Blockade of Yemen’s Ports and Airports After International Condemnation They Would Cause Millions to Starve
by SARA MALM and GARETH DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
* Saudi Arabia will open borders to Yemen after week-long blockade
* Airports and seaports blocked after intercepted missile attack
* UN warned blockade would lead to millions of Yemeni starving
* Saudi Arabia is leading coalition fighting rebels in Yemen
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The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in the Yemeni civil war will begin reopening the country’s airports and seaports after the United Nations warned that its blockade would lead to mass famine.
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The coalition shut down Yemen’s borders and halted aid deliveries last week in response to a missile attack by Yemen’s Huthi rebels that was intercepted near the Riyadh airport. The UN and more than 20 aid groups raised the alarm, saying it could bring millions of people closer to ‘starvation and death’.
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