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              UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Yemen

   by VOA News

   The United Nations Security Council has called for an emergency session
   on Saturday to discuss a humanitarian pause in the airstrikes in Yemen.

   ''A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes across the
   country for more than a week to halt the advance of Houthi Shi'ite
   rebels, who have taken over large parts of Yemen.

   In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said three
   shipments of aid and medical staff it is trying to send to Yemen were
   still being blocked despite appeals to the coalition, which controls
   Yemeni air space and ports.

   The Red Cross also said the conflict is cutting off vital services. It
   noted that residents of Yemen's main southern city of Aden told it on
   Saturday some areas have been without water or electricity for two
   days.

   Aid groups say more than 500 people have been killed in Yemen in the
   last two weeks. It is not clear how many of them are militants.

   Aden, the last remaining stronghold of supporters of internationally
   backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, is a key port city where
   Houthi fighters and their allies have been battling Hadi loyalists for
   control of the area.

   Aden residents said on Friday the Houthis withdrew from one of Hadi's
   palaces, a day after seizing it.

   Aden's capture would mark a major setback for the Saudi-led coalition.
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