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UN Agency Suspends Food Aid in Rebel-Held Area of Yemen

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The World Food Program says it has begun a partial suspension
   of food aid in Sanaa, Yemen, which is controlled by Iranian-backed
   Houthi rebels, because food is being diverted from the beneficiaries.

   The World Food Program reported Thursday that 850,000 Yemenis in Sanaa
   wouldmiss out on desperately needed rations. The agency saidit could
   not reach agreement with Houthi authorities to take measures to prevent
   the diversion of food from the most vulnerable people in Yemen.

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