United Nations_ The United Nations Security Council will discuss today the situation in Yemen, where the humanitarian crisis is aggravated by the recent escalation of armed clashes and air strikes in the town of Sana, Prensa Latina reports. 

Assaults continue to rise and initial reports indicate that around 100 people died and hundreds more were injured, according to the spokesman of the secretary general, Stephane Dujarric.

The highest representative of the UN, António Gutteres, called on the sides in conflict to end all air and land attacks, and respect the lives of civilians.

Due to the clashes, the movement of the rescue services is restricted, ambulances and medical equipment cannot access the injured and people cannot go out to buy food, he warned in an official statement.

In addition, humanitarian workers remain unable to implement essential programs to save lives just when millions of Yemenis depend on that aid to survive, Guterres said.

This latest outbreak of violence could not come at a worse time for the people who are already trapped in the world's greatest humanitarian crisis, he said.

Yemen suffers a conflict that confronts government troops with Shia rebels of the Huti tribe, a crisis that escalated in March 2015 with the start of bombings by an anti-insurgent coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

According to the United Nations, the prevailing violence aggravated the humanitarian deterioration, with 80 percent of the population in need of aid.

The conflict between the government and the rebels of the Huti tribe seems to have no end, a crisis aggravated by the military intervention of Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have blocked several areas of the country and prevent the arrival of assistance.

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