Sana'a International Airport has not been a military target since 2016, and it's a civilian location, says UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen - Anadolu Ajansı
General, António Guterres, condemned Thursday the recent escalation of violence between Yemen and Israel, which resulted in the deaths of at least three people and injured dozens.
The Pentagon said on Monday a ceasefire between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces around the northern Syrian city of Manbij was holding.
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday.
The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday he only narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen's Huthi rebel-held capital.
Antonio Guterres remains 'deeply concerned' about risk of further escalation in region, his associate spokesperson says - Anadolu Ajansı
Houthi militants have used the targeted facilities to conduct attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to Central Command.
A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken "an escalatory turn" in recent weeks. Briefing the Security Council in New York,
Israel's ambassador to the UN warned Yemen's Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on Israel or face severe consequences, as the Houthis vowed to continue strikes in solidarity with Palestinians.