UN ‘alarmed’ at military escalation in Yemen’s Marib
Al Jazeera
The UN’s humanitarian chief warned that a Houthi rebel advance on oil-rich Marib would endanger the lives of millions.
The UN’s humanitarian chief says he is “very alarmed” by a Houthi rebel advance on the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold, saying an assault on the city of Marib could endanger millions of civilians. Mark Lowcock, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, tweeted on Tuesday that an assault would endanger two million civilians and could cause hundreds of thousands to flee the city, which would have “unimaginable humanitarian consequences”. The Iran-linked Houthi rebels have this month resumed an offensive to seize oil-rich Marib, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa.More Related News