FILE PHOTO: A view of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
2018-06-13
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SULAIMANI — Troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition started an assault on Wednesday (June 13) on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, which is held by the Houthi movement, Al-Arabiya television said.
The battle for Hodeidah is expected to be by far the biggest of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Iran-aligned Houthis, according to Reuters.
A military attack or siege on the Houthi-held western city, long a target in the war, could cost up to 250,000 lives, a senior UN humanitarian official has warned on Monday.
The Red Sea port is a lifeline for eight million Yemenis, handling most of the country’s commercial imports and aid supplies.
This is a developing story…
(NRT/Reuters)
