Arabic prohibit delivery Assistance to Yemen

GENEVA (IFN) - A Saudi-led allies, who launched air strikes in Yemen, air prohibit Red Cross supply of drugs in Sanaa, said a spokeswoman at the World Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday, March 31.

In a statement, the independent aid agency calls for urgent elimination of obstacles to the delivery of essential supplies drugs to Yemen, which is needed to treat victims of deadly clashes and air strikes in recent week.

"We have not received permission from alliance members," said ICRC spokesman Sitara Jabeen told Reuters in Geneva, the official declined to identify the barriers responsible ally.

The plane, which was carrying medical supplies sufficient to treat 700 to 1,000 injured, still in Djibouti, he said. The plane was scheduled to fly to Amman, Jordan, to load supplies from the ICRC warehouse before flying to Sanaa if the collateral is received.

Other emergency aid group, Medecins Sans Frontieres, on Tuesday declared the closure of airports and sea restrictions also prevent sending teams and relief supplies.

"MSF can not deploy additional emergency medical personnel to Yemen, where they are needed," said MSF operations director Dr. Greg Elder, "We really need a way to send humanitarian aid and petuas to the country." Spokesman for the Saudi-led military allies declared the delivery of drugs require official permission.

"All kinds of aid received, but we ask non-governmental organizations or countries -which want help- through diplomatic channels," said Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri told reporters in Riyadh.

It allows authorities provide appropriate assistance and avoid mistakes or misunderstandings about the movement at ports or airports or through the Saudi border, he said.

The ICRC expressed its efforts to negotiate the safe arrival aircraft failed and that aid supplies to treat the wounded in hospital thinning throughout Yemen.

For six days, the Saudi-led allies bombed Houthi fighters and military units fighting President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the last fortress in the city of Aden, South Yemen, aggressively fired overnight.

"The ICRC surgical team is scheduled to arrive in Aden, where the largest number of casualties recorded," the ICRC said.

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