The Saudi regime leading an aggression on Yemen has blocked a UN flight carrying aid agency staff from travelling to the capital Sanaa on Tuesday because three international journalists were also aboard.
Aviation sources say the Saudi-led coalition, which illegally invaded Yemen conflict in March 2015 controls the airspace over the war-torn country and can prevent any flights made without prior permission.
A United Nations spokesman confirmed the flight originating from neighboring Djibouti was blocked by Saudi.
"The coalition claimed that the security of the journalists could not be guaranteed in rebel-controlled areas and advised the three journalists to travel on commercial flights," said Ahmed Ben Lassoued, a spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen.
"It's unfortunate and partially explains why Yemen, which is one of the world's largest humanitarian crises, is not getting enough attention in international media," he added.
More than 330,000 suspected cases with 1,759 associated deaths have been reported between 27 April and 13 July in Yemen while daily bombardments by Saudi regime continue.
While, cholera is endemic to Yemen, the current outbreak is the direct consequence of nearly three years of heavy Saudi-led bombardment that has moved an already weak and impoverished country towards social, economic and institutional collapse. The Saudi aggression has decimated Yemen's health system, damaged key infrastructure and cut off 15.7 million people from access to adequate clean water and sanitation.
Saudi Arabia backed by the US and some despotic regional regimes launched the deadly campaign against Yemen in March 2015 to push back the popular Ansarullah movement from Sana'a and to bring back to power Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen's president who has resigned and is a staunch ally of Riyadh.
The brutal aggression has so far claimed the lives of over 13,000 Yemenis mostly civilians including women and children.
The Saudi military aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen's facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, markets schools, mosques and factories.
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