article_snippet.sent: The Red Cross hopes to bring vital medical supplies and aid workers into Yemenafter receiving approval from the Saudi-led military coalition, an ICRC spokeswoman said.
article_snippet.sent: Aid agency  has been negotiating for a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen, where the coalition of Sunni nations has conducted 11 days of air strikes against Iran-backed Shi'ite Houthis.
article_snippet.sent: But hopes of getting aid into the country by tomorrow are fading, as aid seek clearance from Arab states waging the air strikes and hunt for planes prepared to fly to Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: Carnage: the International Red Cross has been negotiating for a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen, where the coalition has conducted 11 days of air strikes against Iran-backed Shi'ite Houthis .
article_snippet.sent: The ICRC is aiming to get 48 tonnes of medical supplies into Yemen by plane.
article_snippet.sent: the Saudi-led coalition says the Saudi-led coalition has set up a special coordination body for aid deliveries and asked NGOs and governments to work with the Saudi-led coalition to ensure humanitarian aid can be brought into Yemen and foreign nationals can be evacuated safely.
highlights_snippet.sent: Aid agency received approval from Saudi-led coalition to enter Yemen .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It has been negotiating for weeks to deliver emergency food and supplies .
  