UN Agency Suspends Food Aid in Rebel-Held Area of Yemen
Published on: Friday 21 June 2019
The World Food Program says it has begun a partial suspension of food aid in Sanaa, Yemen, which is controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, because food is being diverted from the beneficiaries.
The World Food Program reported Thursday that 850,000 Yemenis in Sanaa would miss out on desperately needed rations. The agency said it could not reach agreement with Houthi authorities to take measures to prevent the diversion of food from the most vulnerable people in Yemen.
FILE -A malnourished boy sits on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center, Hajjah, Yemen, Oct.
