Civilians Killed in Saudi Attacks on Yemen's Sa'ada

Saudi-led coalition plans to give $1.5bn in Yemen aid, expand port capacity

Saudi-led coalition plans to give $1.5bn in Yemen aid, expand port capacity

The casualties came hours after nine civilians, including four children, lost their lives in Saudi aerial assaults on Sa'ada's Razeh district. The rebels' Al-Masirah television said a single strike on the province on Tuesday night killed nine people, four of them civilians.

Russian Federation halted its diplomatic presence in Yemen last month because of the deepening conflict and Moscow has previously expressed concern about strikes by the Saudi-led coalition.

Last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Saudi Arabia and its allies of attacking Yemen's populated areas and using Western-supplied arms in their "indiscriminate and disproportionate airstrikes" on the impoverished nation.

"The conflicts in Syria and Yemen have created two of the worst humanitarian crises of our time", Johnson said ahead of the meetings.

A Saudi-led coalition has been waging an air campaign against Huthi rebels since March 2015 in an attempt to shore up the internationally recognised government of Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi.

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I also welcome the generous $1 billion pledge by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to support humanitarian action in Yemen, as well as their commitment to raise an additional $500 million from other donors in the region.

Russian Federation on Monday called for an end to fighting in Yemen, saying there could be no military solution to the almost four-year war between Huthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government.

"The Iranian proliferation has to come to an end".

Separately, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped mediator and former aid official Martin Griffiths of Britain to be the next peace negotiator for Yemen, taking up a mission that two U.N. envoys have quit in frustration, diplomats said Wednesday.

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