UN to support Yemen to face humanitarian situation in Sa'ada

HAJJAH, Sep. 15 (Saba) - A United Nation Official affirmed on Monday the UN's support to Yemen to face the humanitarian situation in the camps the displaced people live in due to Sa'ada rebellion.

During his visit to inspect the humanitarian situation for Sa'ada displaced people in Haradh district of Hajjah governorate, the director of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Rashid Khalikov, along with Hajjah governor Farid Mujawar, get acquainted with the level of the humanitarian and medical services offered to the displaced people there from the local council in the governorate and the donor organizations.

The UN official hailed the local council efforts in relief efforts and government's facilitations to the relief organizations to alleviate the suffering the displaced people live through.

Khalikov voiced his satisfaction to the humanitarian services have been offered so far, pointing out that the UN would offer more services to the war-affected people.

According to the UN mission there are more than 160,000 displaced people due to the recent confrontations between the army and rebels.

The sporadic wars Houthi rebels launched against the troops since 2004 resulted in killing thousands of people, soldiers and insurgents in Saada governorate, which is located close to border with Saudi Arabia.

The rebel group was founded by rebel leader Hussein al-Houthi.

Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik, was killed by the army in September 2004.

The Yemeni government accuses the Houthi group of trying to reinstall the rule of imams, which was toppled by a republican revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.