Saudi Arabian fighter jets have targeted Sana’a airport amid international calls for opening air, land or sea routes to send humanitarian aid for the war stricken nation.
Sana’a airport targeted by Saudi jet fighters
presstv , 15 Nov 2017 - 9:47
Saudi Arabian fighter jets have targeted Sana’a airport amid international calls for opening air, land or sea routes to send humanitarian aid for the war stricken nation.
According to Yemeni officials on Tuesday, the airport’s ground navigation tower and parts of its runway are damaged in the airstrike.
The UN has confirmed the attack, noting the damage resulting from the strike will not stop the arrival of aid shipments if the Saudis honor their promise of loosening the blockade.
Early this month, Saudi Arabia announced that it was shutting down Yemen’s air, sea, and land borders, after Yemeni fighters targeted an international airport near the Saudi capital with a cruise missile.
"This will have no impact on our operations once they resume," said the UN’s Jamie McGoldrick.
Earlier in the day, McGoldrick noted that there has so far been "no indication" that the Saudis would lift the blockade as they recently announced.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric also told reporters that without Sana’a airport and Hudaydah and Salif seaports fully functioning and able to receive cargo "the dire humanitarian situation will deteriorate further."
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