(MENAFN- QNA) United Nations agencies are preparing a massive humanitarian aid operation in Yemen.
Several UN agencies said they aimed to take advantage of the expected calm to get desperately needed supplies into Yemen and also to distribute the aid already in the country, according to the (Saudi Gazette).
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said the agency was "ready to provide emergency food rations to over 750,000 people in conflict-hit areas of Yemen during the pause."
On Saturday, a ship carrying 250,000 litres (about 66,000 gallons) of fuel reached the Yemeni port of Hodeida, and another vessel carrying 120,000 litres is in international waters near the port, awaiting clearance to dock, Byrs said.
UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said "a huge airlift of humanitarian aid" would go to Sana'a "over the next days."
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