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Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

Yemeni officials, witnesses: Fighting flares up again between Saudi-led coalition, Shiite rebels around port of Hodeida

Reported by: AP Published on: November 20, 2018 13:45 IST
Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port
Image Source : AP Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials and witnesses say fighting between Saudi-led coalition forces and Shiite rebels has flared up again around the Red Sea port city of Hodeida despite U.N. calls for a cease-fire there.

They say coalition airstrikes hit the rebels, known as Houthis, in and around Hodeida late Monday. Earlier, the rebels said they'd fired a ballistic missile the previous night into Saudi Arabia in response to an attempted border incursion and another airstrike.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to talk to reporters; the witnesses did so for fear for their safety.

The coalition has waged war against the rebels since March 2015; tens of thousands of people have been killed.

The U.N. is trying to end the conflict and has proposed a new resolution.

Disclaimer: This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Associated Press (AP) wire.
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