(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
HODEIDAH, 7th January, 2019 (WAM) -- The Iranian-backed Houthi militias have shelled the storage depots of relief organisations in Hodeidah, leading to the destruction of food supplies and basic goods intended for the Yemeni people.
Local eyewitnesses said that the militias deliberately shelled the storage depots, which are located 7 kilometres east of Hodeidah City, with the aim of covering up their looting of humanitarian aid intended for the Yemeni people.
Dr. Abdulraqeeb Fath, Yemeni Minister of Local Administration and Chairman of the High Committee for Relief in Yemen, held the militias responsible for the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Yemen. He condemned their confiscation of humanitarian and food aid, which they intend to sell for profit.
The United Nations World Food Programme also accused the militias of disrupting the distribution of humanitarian aid in Yemen. David Paisley, Executive Director of the Programme, described these practices as stealing food from the mouths of the hungry while calling for an immediate stop to this behaviour.
WAM/Hassan Bashir
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