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Aid Group: Saudis Blocking Help From Yemen Capital

by Associated Press

   CAIRO --

   International aid group Doctors Without Borders says it has not been
   able to deliver live-saving medical and humanitarian assistance to the
   people in dire need in the Yemeni capital because of a blockade by a
   Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels.
   The group, known by its French acronym MSF, says in a statement
   Saturday it hasn't received authorization from the coalition to fly
   from Djibouti to Sanaa.
   The group welcomes the reopening of the port in the city of Aden;
   however it says this is "far from sufficient to deliver timely and
   urgent medical humanitarian aid across Yemen."
   The U.S.-backed coalition imposed a land, sea and air blockade Nov. 6
   after a missile attack by rebels on the Saudi capital Riyadh. Saudi
   Arabia said Monday the coalition would lift the blockade.