Saudi oil tanker hit in Houthi attack off Yemen - coalition

It includes $930 million from Saudi Arabia and the UAE which lead the coalition air strikes.

Global donors today pledged more than US$2 billion to support the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid to millions of people in Yemen during a pledging event in Geneva, co-chaired by the United Nations, Sweden and Switzerland.

In opening remarks, Guterres decried catastrophic situation in Yemen, pointing out that a child aged under 5 dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes.

The spokesperson of the Arab coalition fighting to support legitimacy in Yemen said that a Saudi oil tanker was subjected to a Houthi-Iranian attack on Tuesday afternoon.

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The UN called the incident "one of the deadliest attacks on children since the conflict in Yemen escalated in March 2015". "We all know who the parties [are] to the war but the two things need to be seen separately", the United Nations chief told reporters.

More recently, the Houthi movement claimed to have fired a ballistic missile targeting Saudi Aramco in the southern Saudi province of Najran two weeks ago. "But with worldwide support, we can and must prevent this country from becoming a long-term tragedy", he said.

"While these contributions will provide some immediate relief, no amount of humanitarian or development assistance will end this conflict and the suffering of millions", the agency acknowledged.

The Emiratis contracted Wikistrat, an Israeli company founded in 2010, in the lead up to the Saudi-led coalition intervention after Houthi rebels overran the capital and other major cities across the country, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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"I believe there is an opportunity and that opportunity must be seized", Guterres said, explaining that Griffiths was "encouraged" by his trip and sees a window for further talks.

The war has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced more than 2 million, and driven the country - already the poorest on the Arabian Peninsula - to the verge of starvation.

Last week the Houthis launched a flurry of missiles which Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted over Riyadh.

While the coalition has eased the blockade, restriction on deliveries persist.

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"All ports must remain open to humanitarian and commercial cargo, the medicines, food and the fuel needed to deliver them", he added, emphasising the need for "unrestricted access" to the country and within it.