almotamar.net - The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that it managed to provide food ration for over 70,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in al-Mazrak and other camps in northern Hajjah.
The WFP has succeeded in reaching more than 70,000 IDPs living in camps cut off because of fighting in Sa'ada province's conflict-affected Hajjah governorate, providing them with a vital two-month food ration, a press release issued
Fighters allowed IDPs living in Al-Mazrak and other camps in northern Hajjah to pass through the roadblocks to pick up their rations from distribution points in Haradh and then return to the camps, WFP said.
Access is vital for carrying out humanitarian operations, and we appeal to all sides to allow life-saving food and other support to get through," said WFP Yemen representative and country director Bishow Parajuli. "It is far from ideal that these vulnerable people had to collect their rations in this way, but at least now they will have enough food for the next two months."
Since early October, there have been frequent clashes between armed groups in northern Hajjah and neighbouring Sa'ada governorates, leading to a fresh wave of displacement. WFP completed a two-month food distribution in al-Mazrak in October, but has not been able to get there since, the statement read.
In Yemen, WFP is providing relief assistance to a total of 600,000 IDPs; part of an overall caseload of some 5 million, including severely food-insecure people, malnourished children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and refugees.
According to the statement, WFP will launch in July 2014 a new two-year relief and recovery operation costing US$500 million, to reach some 6 million people with a range of activities, including school feeding, nutrition support, cash and food for work as well as assistance for the most food insecure.
"This new operation reflects a gradual shift from providing relief to building recovery and resilience, helping people overcome barriers to food and nutrition security and to manage the consequences of conflict and other problems," said Parajuli.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
WFP provides food ration for over 70,000 IDPs northern Hajjah
