A UN plane carrying desperately needed polio vaccines landed in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Saturday after a three-week Saudi-led aid blockade that had sparked warnings thousands could die.
Three other aircraft -- two carrying UN aid workers and one carrying International Committee of the Red Cross staff -- also landed at the airport, which was repaired earlier this week after a Saudi-led air strike knocked out its controls, an AFP correspondent reported.
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