(Arab News) JEDDAH: Fighting spread to civilian areas of Hodeidah on Wednesday as coalition forces drove toward the port area after driving the last Iran-backed Houthi militias out of the city’s airport. Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said they had fully recaptured the airport and were now destroying nearby Houthi fortifications.
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Humanitarian crisis in Yemen worsens as fighting spills into residential areas
ADEN (Reuters) - Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen's main port city Hodeidah grew as battles spilled into residential districts on Wednesday after Arab coalition forces seized the airport from the Iran-aligned Houthis. Residents said coalition aircraft were bombing Houthi positions on roads leading to the airport as the group
Libya has lost 400,000 barrels of oil due to militant attacks
(Arab News) LONDON: Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said that at least 400,000 barrels of storage capacity has been lost within the past few days due to militant attacks on Ras Lanuf and Al-Sidra. The NOC announced Monday that it has suffered “catastrophic losses” when two storage tanks were destroyed during
2.5 million Syrians surrounded by fighting and airstrikes in Idlib
By Middle East Affairs The United Nations announced on Monday that 2.5 million Syrian civilians were in danger as fighting and air strikes attacks escalate in rebel-held Idlib province leaving them "no place else to go" within the war-torn country. The U.N. regional humanitarian coordinator Panos Moumtzis called on major powers to help settle
Residents in Gaza fear, “Wars with Israel are like the World Cup they happen every four years”
The attacks came after Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired rockets and mortars at southern Israel There is now widespread trepidation among residents of Gaza that another escalation is inevitable (Arab News) GAZA CITY: Residents of the Gaza Strip fear another war with Israel is looming after the most intense airstrikes