HODEIDAH, Yemen - The Saudi-led coalition denied any responsibility behind the air strikes on a fishing port and fish market that Yemeni medical sources said it killed 26 people in Hodeidah on Thursday. Earlier the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Twitter it was sending medical equipment to Al
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Saudis Halt Oil Shipments Through Red Sea: A Potential Watershed In The Yemen War
RIYADH/DUBAI - Saudi Arabia announced last week it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandeb strait after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway. To date, no other exporters have followed suit. A full blockage of the strategic waterway would virtually halt shipment to Europe and
The Yemeni government condemns the Houthis for the destruction of historical artifacts
A number of sites and historical buildings were subjected to the “exhumation and destruction” by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, the minister said. Marwan Damaj, Yemen’s Minister of Culture, handed a list of missing artifacts to the United Nations panel of experts, the official news agency SABA reported. The minister reviewed the cultural situation
Saudi, U.A.E create five point aid plan for Hodeidah
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced a five-point aid plan for Yemen’s Hodeidah port and surrounding areas on Wednesday, after a Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched an attack on Yemen’s Houthi-held main port city. As part of the plan, the two coalition states aim to
Yemenis continue to suffer as fighting around Hodeidah port intensifies
By Middle East Affairs Yemen's government military continues to wage battle against Iranian funded Houthi militias killing 250 Houthi militants, including 20 top field commanders. The fighting took place south of the Hodeidah port, which the U.N. uses to bring relief supplies to the millions of starving Yemenis, that have no other source