Yemen War News Updates -- July 2, 2015

Reuters: Civilians in Yemen's Aden struggle to survive fighting, shortages – Red Cross

Civilians struggling to survive street battles and Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's southern port city of Aden are also facing shrinking supplies of food and fuel, a senior official from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

Hunger and disease are threatening the 1 million residents of Aden, now a war zone caught between local militiamen and Houthi fighters, Bertrand Lamon told Reuters in Geneva.

"The general level of food stocks in Aden has been dramatically reduced because of the lesser volume of imports by sea and difficulty to transport items by road from (the capital)Sanaa," the outgoing head of the ICRC's delegation in Aden said.

Yemen War News Updates -- July 2, 2015

Yemen rebels kill 31; United Nations declares a humanitarian emergency -- China Post/AFP
Eight dead in new Saudi-led strikes on Yemen's Sanaa: agency -- Reuters
Yemen: Rockets Kill at Least 18 Civilians -- AP
Deadly clashes rock Yemen as UN raises emergency level -- Global Post/AFP
UN envoy hopeful on Yemen truce -- AFP
U.N. sets top-level aid emergency in Yemen -- Al Arabiya
UN Declares Highest-level Humanitarian Emergency for Yemen -- VOA
UN declares highest-level humanitarian emergency in Yemen -- Al Jazeera
Stiff fines in Al Qaida campaign to stamp out qat in Yemen city -- AFP
Yemen water crisis may be ‘bigger problem than war’ -- Reuters
UNESCO lists Yemen world heritage sites as endangered -- Daily Star/AFP