Fifty wounded rebels will be evacuated from the Yemeni capital for medical treatment Monday, a Saudi-led military coalition said, as the UN envoy landed in Sanaa ahead of planned peace talks in Sweden. The fate of wounded rebels had been a stumbling block to the start of a previous round of aborted peace talks in September. Inside the airport departure hall, other wounded rebels — some in suits and wheelchairs — lined up awaiting their evacuation to Muscat. The UN source said the reopening of Sanaa International Airport was a priority at the planned peace talks. The rebels also accused the world body of failing to secure the evacuation of wounded rebels to Oman, a relatively neutral party in the Yemen war.

Source: Egypt Independent December 03, 2018 11:48 UTC