The Yemeni Civil Aviation Authority and Meteorology has held a rally in Sana’a to mark "World Civil Aviation Day". Participants say the continued closure of Sana’a Airport has contributed to the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen.

UNICEF says it urgently needs more than $235 million to continue its life-saving work in Yemen.

Following days of intense fighting, the Yemeni army has liberated large swathes of the Saudi-led coalition’s last northern stronghold, regaining ten of the fourteen districts in the oil rich province.

A panel of UN-appointed rights experts last week said there was a growing “climate of fear” among civilians in Yemen, with no let-up in more than six years of Saudi-backed aggression