Giving an account on the evacuation operations and humanitarian relief works in Yemen, Asiri said nobody showed up to the flight prepared for the Red Cross personnel to depart from Yemen at 9 o'clock this morning with news that the Red Cross has requested the Ministry of Defense to change the plane and postpone the flight to an indefinite date. He added that the flight assigned to pick Egyptian dependants was also postponed due to shortage of seats of the plane, no new schedule was announced, he added. On the other hand, the Houthi militias, who control Sanaa airport, denied departure for Sudanese dependants, Asiri stated. In this regard, he confirmed that the coalition forces are keen on the safety of air crews who go to Yemen to help evacuate the stranded foreigners. Contacts are underway between the Command of the Evacuation Operations, which was appointed by the Determination storm operation and those concerned inside Yemen to guarantee safe lifting of foreigners. On the other hand, air operations are still going to achieve the set goals, he said, noting that they targeted yesterday military sites, ammunition and arms stores controlled by the Houthi militias. Asiri said the land forces and the border guard have silenced the trenches digging operation by Houthi militias in the vicinity of Saudi border while the navy is keeping a vigilant eye on the Yemeni ports traffic, culminated by foiling an attempt to seize the port of Aden. --More 22:49 LOCAL TIME 19:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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