December 28, 2021 10:52 pm | Updated 10:52 pm IST - Cairo
The Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said on Tuesday they are temporarily allowing UN humanitarian flights to land at the airport in the capital, Sanaa, following a week-long halt in flights into the northern, rebel-held territory.
The rebel Houthis, who control Sanaa and much of Yemen’s north, had barred UN and other humanitarian flights from landing at the airport amid heavy airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on the capital and Houthis’ cross-border missile and drone attacks on the kingdom.
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