US accelerate the delivery of arms to Saudi Arabia – BBC Russian

• 8 April 2015

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Saudi planes dropping weapons to supporters of ousted President Yemen

US said that accelerate the delivery of arms coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, the leading military operations against rebels in Yemen Huthis.

Also, Washington is stepping up intelligence sharing with the countries of the coalition, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

According to him, this step is intended to “send a strong signal Huthis and their allies that they can not capture the power of Yemen”.

Saudi Arabia claims that Huthis professing Shia Islam, military support for Iran – an opponent of Riyadh in the region. Tehran denies this charge.

At the end of December Huthis captured Yemeni capital Sanaa, and in March, very close to the port of Aden, forcing President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.

Huthis Hadi accused of corruption and say they want change of power in the country.

Humanitarian organizations say that the situation of civilians in Aden critical, many people can not leave the city, hospitals acute shortage of medicines.

“The war in Aden goes on every street, every corner,” – said the AFP representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Marie Claire Fergal.

Over the past two weeks in the country killed an estimated about 550 people.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, denied reports that Aden, was also shelled from the sea coalition warships.

By the coalition, nailed together Saudis joined by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco and Sudan, and in a possible ground operation ready to participate Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan.