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In this archival photo from 1 October 2018, a woman holds a malnourished boy at the Aslam Health Center in Hajjah, Yemen. The Norwegian Refugee Council said on Monday, November 5, 2018, that millions of Yemenis were approaching famine and deadly disease a year after a Saudi-led coalition imposed shipping, land and air routes into the country. the poorest country in the Arab world. The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Shiite rebels Houthis had restricted access to Yemen last November after the rocket attack of a missile by rebels against the Saudi capital, Riyadh. (Hani Mohammed, File / Associated Press)
CAIRO – The civil war in Yemen was tough on Tuesday, as Houthi rebels said they ended their opponents' advances, with the Arab-led Arab-American coalition seeking to overthrow them.
Fighting continued around the key port city of Hodeida, where Shiite rebels, backed by Iran, said in a night statement that a three-pronged assault had been stopped by fierce fighting around the outskirts of the city, recognizing that they had lost at least 30 men and a dozen armored vehicles.
Dozens of fighters have been killed and hundreds more injured since the beginning of the coalition offensive against the city five days ago, as a result of appeals launched by the government. Trump administration for a ceasefire end of November. Witnesses reported that corpses littered the ground and remained inside burned out vehicles on the edge of town.
Local media reported that coalition airstrikes continued, as did sporadic fighting around Hodeida, particularly along 50th Street and neighborhoods from July 7th to the east. Other fronts include the provinces of Dhale and Bayda in the south, and north in Hajjah and Saada, a Houthi fortress.
The Houthis said in their statement that they had also ended an attempted raid by "Saudi army mercenaries" in Yemen from Jizan on the other side. from the Saudi border.
According to witnesses, several civilians were killed by shelling in residential areas.
At the same time, the Norwegian Refugee Council said that millions of Yemenis were approaching famine and a deadly disease, while the blockade imposed by the Saudi coalition on maritime, land and air routes in the country poorer of the Arab world was continuing.
The coalition restricted access to Yemen last November after the attack by a rebel missile against Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
Jan Egeland, NRC, said "the last 12 months have been an endless nightmare for Yemeni civilians".
The Saudi-led coalition, which supports the internationally recognized Yemeni government, has been at war with the Houthi rebels since March 2015 in a deadlock that has generated the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Hodeida, the main portal of humanitarian aid to the suffering population, has become the epicenter of the conflict.
The United States sold billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and provided logistical and other support to the coalition.
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