United Nations is calling on Houthi leaders in Yemen to reopen the airport in the capital Sanaa to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid into the country.The Houthi administration suspended all UN and humanitarian flights into Sanaa on Sept.
9.According to Oxfam, that move has meant 200 metric tons of aid hasn’t been able to reach the war-ravaged country.“There are many, many people who are in dire need for such assistance,” says Abdulwasa Mohammed, a policy advisory for Oxfam in Yemen. “More delays mean more people will lose their lives.”The UN World Food Programme says more than 20 million people in Yemen are now food insecure.