UN calls for Yemen aid, warns Houthis’ Marib offensive ‘must stop’
With millions of Yemenis "just one step away from famine," the UN called on countries to pledge generously at next month's donor conference.
UN officials are appealing for urgent international aid to Yemen as famine looms and thousands of civilians flee a Houthi offensive on the oil-rich city of Marib.
The Iran-aligned Houthi rebel group, which controls the capital, Sanaa, and much of the war-torn country, is pressing ahead with a renewed offensive on the government-held city of Marib. According to the UN, at least four missiles have landed in the city in the last 10 days, killing at least three civilians.
“The attack on Marib must stop,” the UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the UN Security Council on Thursday.
“It puts millions of civilians at risk, especially with the fighting reaching camps for internally displaced persons," he said. "The quest for territorial gain by force threatens the prospects of the peace process.”
