Time is running out to prevent a dilapidated oil tanker stranded near Yemen from causing a 'looming environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe,' U.N. warns.
, which began in 2014, has seen Iran-aligned Houthi Shiite rebels attempt to topple the internationally-recognized government by taking control of the capital Sanaa. A Saudi-led coalition has been supporting the government in fighting the rebels.
U.N. agencies have been raising the alarm of the risk posed by the tanker for more than a year, Lowcock said Wednesday.. Lowcock said the leak was relatively small and divers were able to patch it up and contain it. However"it is impossible to say how long it might hold," he added.Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters file
Yemen's foreign minister, Mohammed Al-Hadhrami, told the Security Council that the government has accepted the U.N. plan, but said the Houthi militia was not cooperating.
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