U.N. warns against slowing recent increase in aid flow to Yemen

The United Nations' aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Thursday warned countries not to take any steps that would reverse the recent increase in emergency aid for Yemen moving through ports in the conflict-torn country. Last month O'Brien said that a Saudi Arabian-led coalition and Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen were both restricting humanitarian aid access in the impoverished country, where more than 80 percent of people need help. "In recent months, there has been a significant increase of fuel and