The UAE warns of a break in attacks against Hodeida

The UAE's Foreign Minister, Anwar Gargash, writes in several reports on Twitter that the break-up of the war action was introduced in the hope that Houthi insurgents will agree to an agreement to leave the country. strategically important port city.

Gargash points out that attacks will resume at full strength unless the upcoming negotiations led by UN special envoy Martin Griffiths give the desired results.

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Grifiths announced Friday the parties to the conflict in the coming weeks will go to the negotiating table for the first time in two years.

The UN Special Envoy had talks with Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Aden and rebel negotiator Houthi Mohammed Abdul-Salam last week

Hadi was crushed by the Houthi rebels in autumn 2014 and has been living since exile in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia entered the war against rebels in neighboring countries in March 2015, leading an alliance where the United Arab Emirates participate in the ground forces

Humanitarian Disaster

killed and more than 50,000 injuries, most of them in Saudi air strikes. More than 3 million people are fleeing and 22 million people in Yemen are now dependent on humanitarian aid. 80% of all emergency aid in Yemen is delivered via Hodeida, which has been attacked in recent weeks by pro-government military soldiers, backed by thousands of soldiers from the UAE and Sudan.

French special forces are also in the region, but the French Defense Council points out that they are only military advisers and that they do not actively participate in the fighting.