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The United Arab Emirates announced today a pause in the offensive against the Huthi rebels in the port city of Hodeida in Yemen, in order to give a chance to the UN peace efforts
"We welcome the continued efforts of the United Nations Special Envoy Griffiths to obtain unconditional withdrawal of the Houthis from the city and port of Hodeida," said the Minister of State. United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, on Twitter.
"We have paused in our campaign to allow enough time for this option to be fully explored and hopefully it will succeed." The announcement comes after Griffiths met with President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, whose troops are fighting the Huthi rebels for control of the Red Sea port city earlier this week.
Hadi demanded a complete withdrawal of rebels from the city, which was the target of a week-long military offensive waged by the Yemeni government and its regional allies, led by the UAE on the ground
Diplomatic sources said Griffiths had pushed Iranian-backed Huthis to hand over control of the port to the United States.
The Houthis controlled the western city of Hodeida and its port since 2014, when they drove the Hadi government out of the capital and seized large swathes of northern Yemen. 19659002] On June 13, the UAE and its allies, including Saudi Arabia, launched a mbadive military operation – dubbed "Golden Victory" – to drive the rebels out of the port of Hodeida.
About 70% of imports into Yemen, where Eight million people face impending famine and cross the port of Hodeida
Nearly 10,000 people have died in the Yemeni war since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and its allies joined the government's fight against the Houthis. called Yemen the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world.
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