The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns that a dire shortage of fuel in Yemen may bring all relief operations to a halt as more and more people fall victim to Saudi Arabia’s aggression against the Arab imp

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns that a dire shortage of fuel in Yemen may bring all relief operations to a halt as more and more people fall victim to Saudi Arabia’s aggression against the Arab impoverished country.

Ban warned Thursday that the aid and relief operation could be stopped “within days” if the delivery of fuel is not immediately restored.

“Humanitarian operations will end within days unless fuel supplies are restored,” Ban said in a statement, urging an “immediate resumption of fuel imports to avoid making the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen even worse.”

The fuel shortage has already left its impact on the distribution of aid to the affected Yemeni people, with the World Food Program (WFP) saying earlier that it was halting its delivery of food aid to the needy across Yemen.

The WFP said severe shortage of fuel forced it to stop its distribution of food supplies already in its warehouses. The agency said that it urgently needs more than 200,000 liters of fuel to be able to proceed with the delivery of the existing supply which it said could feed at least 1.5 million people for one month.

There has been an effective blockade on Yemen during the ongoing Saudi Arabia’s aggression, with airports being closed to civilian traffic and naval shipments experiencing numerous delays.

Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-US coalition. Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.

On April 21, Saudi Arabia declared the end of the aggression, dubbed “Decisive Strom,” and the start of another campaign called “Restoring Hope.” The Saudi-led warplanes are still conducting airstrikes on several areas across Yemen.

Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.