AFP – 11 April 2015 – The Red Cross on Saturday delivered a second planeload of aid to war-battered Yemen in as many days, as the Saudi-led coalition stepped up air raids on allies of Iran-backed rebels.
The aid is urgently needed for hundreds wounded in fighting between pro-government forces and the Shiite Houthi rebels, who are allies of troops loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Coalition warplanes on Saturday launched several raids in and around Sanaa, with at least 11 around Sanhan, Saleh’s home town.

A raid on military targets in Amran province north of Sanaa killed eight rebels, medics said on the 18th day of the Saudi-led air campaign.
Fighting in and around the southern city of Aden since late Friday between rebels and pro-government forces has killed 42 people including three civilians, medics and military sources said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said its aircraft landed in Sanaa with medical equipment after weeks of intense fighting across the country.
“The new cargo is 35.6 tonnes, of which 32 tonnes is medical aid and the rest water purifying equipment, electric power generators and tents,” ICRC spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali said.
The Red Cross and the UN also sent planes to Sanaa on Friday, each carrying 16 tonnes of medicine and equipment, the first aid supplies to reach the capital since the air campaign began late last month.