The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions and harassment by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, UN officials said on Thursday.
The World Food Programme's (WFP) move is likely to worsen the dire humanitarian conditions in the impoverished country amid the Houthis' crackdown on UN workers and aid groups in areas under their control, as well as funding shortages.
