Wounded evacuated from Yemen clashes

Army personnel and Red Cross medics carry a wounded man during the evacuation of injured people from Dammaj yesterday.AFP/SanaaThe Red Cross yesterday evacuated 34 people wounded in northern Yemen clashes between Sunni Salafists and Shia rebels, a statement said. The 34 critically wounded were taken from Dammaj, in the Saada province, where Salafists have been besieged for months by Shia Houthi rebels, according to a statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross. They were airlifted along with a sick person to Sanaa, it said. Two bodies were also evacuated, the statement said. A Salafist chief in Dammaj said the remains belonged to two Houthi fighters. The Islamist leader said that a new ceasefire came into effect yesterday morning as a result of mediation led by a committee appointed by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.