(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Yemenis inspect the rubble of destroyed houses in Bani Matar village, 70km west of Sana'a, yesterday after an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition against Shia Houthi rebel positions.See also page 9
UNITED NATIONS/ADEN: Russia and the Red Cross appealed yesterday for a military pause in Yemen to allow urgent humanitarian aid deliveries and evacuation of civilians after 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes and fighting in which hundreds of people have died.
Russia distributed a draft resolution at the United Nations pressing for suspensions of the air strikes to allow evacuation of foreign civilians and diplomats, and demanding rapid and unhindered humanitarian access.
The International Committee of the Red Cross called for an immediate pause in hostilities to deliver medical aid, saying three of its shipments remained blocked.
"All air, land and sea routes must be opened without delay for at least 24 hours to enable help to reach people cut off after more than a week of intense air strikes and fierce ground fighting nationwide," the ICRC said in a statement.
The United Nations says more than 500 people have been killed in the last two weeks in Yemen and nearly 1,700 wounded. Residents in Aden say parts of the southern port city have been without water or electricity for two days.
Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, asked about the calls for a humanitarian pause, said only that the military was ready for any instructions from its political leadership. He said aid agencies and governments should coordinate aid shipments with officials in Riyadh.
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