Yemeni port says first ship in weeks arrives, Saudi denies hampering aid by sea


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 Oct 2015

Men walk at the site of a Saudi-led air strike targeted at Public Electricity Corporation branch in Yemen's western city of Hodeidah October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

DUBAI (Reuters) - Officials at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah said the first ship to dock there in three weeks arrived on Tuesday, carrying desperately needed fuel, as Saudi Arabia denied it was obstructing aid supplies heading for Yemen by sea.

Yemen is suffering what the United Nations has designated as one of its highest-level humanitarian crises but aid efforts have been severely hampered by ongoing fighting and air and sea ports being blocked for long periods.

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