Local Editor

Thousands of demonstrators held a protest in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a on Sunday, lashing out at Saudi Arabia and the United Nations [UN] over the deadly Saudi military aggression on the impoverished Arab nation.

Thousands of Yemeni people took to the streets in the capital on Sunday, showing their anger at the UN’s negligence of the humanitarian situation of their country in the wake of the Saudi military campaign, according to reports.

In a statement, Yemen’s High Revolutionary Committee criticized the UN’s negligence towards the tragic human situation in Yemen. 

During the protest also, the demonstrators urged the UN to take concrete measures regarding the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

The protesters condemned the supporters and allies of Saudi Arabia in the deadly aggression against Yemen.

They also called on the UN and the international community to help lift the siege Saudi Arabia has imposed on the country. 

Meanwhile, the UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, arrived in Sana’a on Sunday to push for a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen. The UN envoy is scheduled to hold talks with Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and other Yemeni factions.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed told reporters at the airport in the capital that he hopes to secure a humanitarian truce "rapidly."

The UN official, who had met with fugitive former Yemeni government officials in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, said the ceasefire could pave the way for a "peaceful settlement of the crisis which has turned into a catastrophe."

A Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, has been attacking Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.

According to UN records, the Saudi attacks have killed more than 2,600 people and injured at least 11,000 since the US-led Saudi military aggression began against Yemen on March 26.