Moscow evacuates Russian, foreign nationals from Yemen

The Russian Emergency Ministry on Wednesday said that two Russian aircrafts have evacuated a number of Russian and foreign nationals from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.

Earlier, two Russian Il-76 planes with food supplies landed in the international airport of Sanaa, Sputnik reported.

Yemen has been engulfed in conflicts between Houthis, the country’s main opposition group, and the government forces since early 2015.

In late March, a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states began launching airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen at the request of Yemeni President-in-exile Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.

According to the United Nations, some 3,000 Yemenis have been killed since March and over 21 million are in need of humanitarian aid as a result of the armed conflict in the country.