Talks in London that were due to be held this week between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the US, Oman and the UK have been delayed. Since 2015, Saudi Arabia has led a military intervention to counter the advance of the Iran-allied Houthis, with the ultimate aim of reinstating Hadi. More than 50,000 children are believed to have died in Yemen so far in 2017, the international aid group said. The blockade was imposed on 6 November following the firing of a missile at Riyadh from rebel-held territory in Yemen, which Saudi Arabia claims was supplied by Iran. But it stressed the arms embargo could not be enforced so fiercely that no humanitarian aid reached Yemen.

Source: The Guardian November 16, 2017 13:28 UTC