Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement slams WFP for “rotten” food aid

Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement has strongly dismissed recent allegations by the World Food Programme (WFP) that the revolutionary forces are selling aid meant for civilians, stating that the humanitarian organization is sending “rotten food” to the conflict-plagued Arab country.

According to Press TV, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen, condemned the accusations on Tuesday, and said the WFP was “fully responsible for ... quantities of rotten food” it sent to Yemen.

He added that Yemeni forces refused to allow this food supply into the country because “it violates standards and regulations and is not suitable for human consumption.”

Houthi said, however, that the Ansarullah Movement “welcomed” an independent investigation and called on the WFP to back up its accusations with proof. He then accused UN organizations of bias.

“The work of these organizations is mostly politicized, and their position ... confirms their work has shifted from independent to subordinate to the United States and Britain,” he commented.

The WFP alleged on Monday that food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Ansarullah Movement.

Yemeni army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly launched an airstrike against a position of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, in Saudi Arabia’s western border region of Jizan.

A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Yemeni soldiers and their allies attacked Saudi mercenaries, using a domestically-designed and –manufactured Qasif-1 (Striker-1) combat drone.

Separately, Yemeni soldiers and their allies have shot and killed five Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s Jizan region.

A Yemeni military official, requesting not to be named, said Yemeni army soldiers and Popular Committees fighters stormed a military camp east of Jahfan area, and targeted the Saudi troopers.

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