Yemeni children in critical need of medical care were evacuated Monday from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations hopes will be the first of more mercy flights.
Seven young patients and their relatives flew out of Sanaa airport, which has been closed to commercial flights since 2016, aboard a UN-marked plane bound for Amman.
In November, the coalition — which controls Yemen’s airspace — said patients needing medical care would be allowed to fly out of Sanaa. One of the children on the first evacuation flight, Abdullah Abed, is in urgent need of a kidney transplant, his father said. The Huthis on Sunday criticised the plan as inadequate, saying as many as 32 000 patients with serious illnesses were waiting to sign up for medical evacuations.
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