Arab Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Announces Opening of Humanitarian Corridors
September 25 2018 - 7:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arab
coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen has established three safe corridors for
civilians to travel between the cities of Sana'a and Hodeidah.
Spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said on Monday that the corridors
between the former capital that was seized by the Houthi militia in
2014 and the country's biggest port on the Red Sea have been set up
in cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
"The coalition is working with OCHA in Yemen to establish safe humanitarian corridors
to help in the delivery of aid... between Hodeidah and Sanaa," Al-Maliki told a press conference in
Riyadh. Al-Maliki said progress in Hodeidah has been
slow because the Coalition wants to avoid harming civilians there.
He said the Iranian-backed Houthi militia continues to use
civilians as human shields in the city of Hodeidah and has taken
oil tankers heading for Sana'a. He also accused the Iranian regime
of continuing "to violate international law and destabilize the
security of the region and the world." Al-Maliki also
reported that the coalition had discovered what was thought to be
an Iranian-registered commercial ship but was actually a military
ship named Safiz. The Iranian vessel is monitoring ships passing
through the Strait of Bab Al-Mandeb by using listening devices.
He said the coalition will continue to watch "suspicious" ships
that threaten international navigation. Al-Maliki said
the corridor being opened in Hodeidah is part of an effort to
ensure the safety of civilians. Corridors will be on different
routes between the cities for the transportation of humanitarian
aid between 6 am and 6 p.m.
daily. An United Nation's Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) statement
confirmed the organization was in "ongoing discussions with the
coalition and other stakeholders on safe, reliable access routes
into and out of Hodeidah."
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Arabia, Information Office
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