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The United Nations urged the Saudi-led coalition fighting to reopen an aid lifeline to bring imported food and medicine into Yemen, whose seven million people are facing famine in a country that is already the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crisis.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe Saudi-led military coalition said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports to Yemen, according to Reuters. This after the Yemeni Army targeted an international airport near the Saudi capital. Humanitarian operations \u2014 including UN aid flights \u2014 are currently \u201cblocked\u201d because air and sea ports in Yemen are closed, Jens Laerke of the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told a news briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Saudi-led coalition has told the world body to \u201cinform all commercial vessels at Hodeidah and Saleef ports to leave\u201d, he said, referring to Red Sea ports controlled by Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah\u00a0movement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe call for all air and sea ports to remain open to ensure food, fuel and medicines can enter the country,\u201d Laerke said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe situation is catastrophic in Yemen, it is the worst food crisis we are looking at in the world today, seven million people are on the brink of famine, millions of people being kept alive by our humanitarian operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tRupert Colville, UN human rights spokesman, said the office would study whether the blockade amounted to \u201ccollective punishment\u201d, banned under international law but hoped that it would be temporary.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe UN human rights office was deeply concerned at a series of attacks in Yemen over the past week that have killed dozens of civilians, including children, at markets and homes, he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThese included at least nine air strikes on the city of Sana\u2019a since Saturday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe World Health Organization (WHO) also called for medical aid to be allowed to enter Yemen to combat a cholera epidemic which has caused 908,702 suspected cases and 2,194 deaths since the outbreak began in April, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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