As the Saudi-led coalition pursues air strikes on Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen – now in their third week – the humanitarian situation on the ground is being described as catastrophic, with hundreds killed..<br /><br /> In the capital Sanaa, weapons storage sites were targeted in a sixteenth straight day of air strikes on Friday. <br /><br /> At Aden in the south, the Saudis said a sports stadium used to store ammunition had been bombed.<br /><br /> Two planes carrying emergency aid from the Red Cross and UNICEF arrived in Sanaa on Friday, the first such deliveries from international aid groups since the heavy fighting began. <br /><br /> The parliament of Sunni-majority Pakistan has voted not to join the Saudi-led military intervention, dashing Riyadh’s hopes for powerful support from outside the region.<br /><br /> “(Parliament) desires that Pakistan should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis,” the chamber said.<br /><br /> A suicide car bomb detonated outside a se
