A ship carrying humanitarian and food aid to Yemen reached the port of Aden on Tuesday, reports Reuters.
The ship contained UN food aid to feed approximately 180,000 people for a month and had been anchored off the coast of Aden since June 26 said the World Food Bank.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the World Food Bank, said,
“WFP made repeated attempts to send ships to Aden, all of which until today were blocked due to severe fighting in the port area.”
Almost four months since a Saudi-led coalition intervened with airstrikes to stop Houthi militant advances in Yemen, leaving over half the population in need of dire food.
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