Red Cross does not have planes to send humanitarian aid to Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not have a plane to send humanitarian aid to Yemen, ICRC spokeswoman Sitara Jabeen told TASS on Monday, noting that "logistics problems" remain.
Earlier, the Red Cross received a permission to send two planes to Yemen. ICRC is currently holding talks with airliners on a cargo plane, but Jabeen could not clarify when a final decision is expected. However, "we are doing everything possible," she said.
Yemen urgently needs medicaments and surgical equipment, Jabeen stressed. ICRC is ready to immediately send 48 tons of aid to Yemen, along with tents, generators and equipment for repairing water pipes. The items are stored in Jordan, Djibouti and Switzerland’s Geneva. The Red Cross also wants to send a group of surgeons from Djibouti to Yemen’s second-largest city of Aden, but they will require a permission from Houthi rebels as well.