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WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the killing of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh would, in the short term, likely worsen an already dire humanitarian situation in the country.

Saleh was killed in a roadside attack on Monday after switching sides in Yemen`s civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favour of a Saudi-led coalition.

Coupled with a Saudi-led blockade and internal clashes, the stalemate has contributed to a human catastrophe. Some



7 million people are on the brink of famine, while one million are suspected to be infected with cholera.

He said it could either push the conflict towards U.N. peace negotiations or make it an "even more vicious war."

"(But)one thing I think I can say with a lot of concern and probably likelihood is that the situation for the innocent people there, the humanitarian side, is most likely to (get) worse in the short term," Mattis said. He did not explain his reasoning. 

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