CHAOS IN YEMEN’S ADEN AS AID ARRIVES

Aden, Yemen, 20 Jumadil Akhir 1436/9 April 2015 (MINA) – A boat carrying 2.5 tonnes of medicine has docked in Aden, the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) says, the first shipment it has delivered to the city since the recent fighting in Yemen escalated.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that a surgical team also arrived by boat on Wednesday in Aden, Al Jazeera quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

“It’s nearly catastrophic,” the ICRC’s spokesperson in Yemen, Marie Claire Feghali, told the Reuters news agency. “Shops are closed, so people cannot get food, they cannot get water. There are still dead bodies in the street. Hospitals are extremely exhausted.”

Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra said around two tonnes of aid had been delivered to hospitals several hours later.

The fighting in Aden has escalated between Houthi forces and their allies, and local militias loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, as Saudi-led coalition air strikes intensify and continue to bombard the southern coastal city.

The World Health Organization says at least 643 people have been killed in the conflict across the country, with more than 2,200 wounded. Tens of thousands of families have also been displaced. (T/P001/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)