article_snippet.sent: given what has been happening in Yemen .
article_snippet.sent: The fighting has failed so far to inflict any decisive defeat on the Houthis, or the supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh who are fighting alongside The fighting, but the growing death toll and humanitarian suffering has alarmed aid groups.
article_snippet.sent: The level of instability and ongoing threats in Yemen remain severe,' a message posted Friday on its website said. '
article_snippet.sent: The United Nations said on Thursday that more than 500 people had been killed in two weeks of fighting in Yemen, while the International Committee of the Red Cross has appealed for an immediate 24-hour pause in fighting to allow aid into Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: There are bodies in the streets and we can't get close because there are Houthi snipers on the rooftops.
article_snippet.sent: Valentina Abdul Kareem, an Aden council member, called on both sides to implement a ceasefire so that civilians could be evacuated. '
article_snippet.sent: Aden is going through a humanitarian and health crisis,' Abdul Kareem said.
article_snippet.sent: The fighting is only one of many conflicts in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest nation, which also faces tribal unrest, a simmering separatist movement in the south, and a threat from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the east.