The spokesman of the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, has stressed that the Coalition has no relationship with the lack of fuel at Sana'a airport concerning the aircraft of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as the city is under the control of Al-Houthi militias and ousted Saleh forces. He said that "What has been reported by some media about the statement by the UNDP Director in Yemen that the Coalition is hampering the supply of fuel to UN aircraft transporting humanitarian aid to Al-Houthi-controlled Sana'a and the unavailability of jet fuel in the Yemeni capital, allowing two aircraft to make a return trip with difficulties in obtaining permission from the Coalition and the government of Yemen to transport jet fuel to Sana'a to conduct these flights is untrue and baseless and concludes a lot of false information." Colonel Al-Maliki also explained that the coalition forces issued on daily basis permits for the entry of fuel ships and basic and necessary materials, as well as humanitarian and medical assistance to all Yemeni ports without exception, including the port of Hodeidah under the control of Al-Houthi armed militias, indicating that the last permission was granted to the United Nations was (on July 29th, 2017), Which included the dispatching of a convoy of aviation fuel from the city of Aden to Sana'a International Airport. He pointed out that the coalition is only responsible to give the permits received on the entry of ships to Yemeni ports, and that the organization of entry from the dock until the ship's arrival at berths to unload, is the responsibility of the party controlling the port, and that permits pertaining to the movements of international and relief convoys on the ground are subject to the approval of the legitimate government at the liberated territories and to the approval of Al-Houthi militias as for the territories under their control and that the coalition does not target the movement of convoys, including fuel tankers when moving from ports to all Yemeni provinces, and are included in daily non-targeting lists with special protection according to the rules of engagement. Colonel Al-Maliki also pointed out that the coalition is following the presence of seven ships carrying fuel and authorized to enter the port of Hodeidah, yet Al-Houthi militias did not allow them to unload their cargo until now, asserting the quest of the coup militias and their supporters to block the arrival of basic and necessary materials, revealing information that the coup militias are exploiting their control of some Yemeni ports to find a black market for the purpose of raising money and support what they call the war effort in a flagrant challenge to all norms and humanitarian values as well as the violation of international humanitarian law. He stressed the keenness of the joint forces command of the coalition and its diligent efforts to meet the requirements and needs of the Yemeni people of basic and necessary goods as well as humanitarian aid to the Yemeni ports in the absence of a political solution and the intransigence of the coup militias to prevail wisdom for the interest of the Yemeni people and to carry out its duty out of deep-rooted and humanitarian values towards the Yemeni people as well as in implementation of Security Council resolution 2216, noting that joint forces command of the coalition has been operating since the beginning of the military operations and continues to exert all efforts to meet the requests for entry of ships to all Yemeni ports at a time when the coalition appreciates and supports the efforts of the international organizations operating in Yemen.
