UN Security Council to discuss pause in air strikes on Yemen

April 04, 2015 09:17

The UN Security Council will meet today to discuss a Russian proposal for humanitarian pauses in the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, diplomats said.

Russia called for the meeting of the 15-member council amid growing alarm over the rising civilian death toll from the fighting in Yemen.

UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday she was "extremely concerned" about the fate of civilians trapped in fierce fighting after aid agencies reported that 519 people had been killed and nearly 1,700 injured in two weeks.

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