Saudi
warplanes carried out an airstrike against the vital Yemeni aid port
of Hodeidah on Sunday, hitting a radio station and killing four
people. According to the Houthi movement, the slain were employees at
the station.
Saudi
officials have been escalating airstrikes against Hodeidah in recent
days, but they declined comment to the press on why a radio station
was attacked. Previous airstrikes have hit the fishing port and a bus
depot in the city.
Hodeidah
is the main aid port in Yemen, and is estimated to supply 70% of the
nation’s food. It is the only port under Houthi control, and
subsequently the lone source of aid for the entire north of the
country. Its accessibility is in doubt, with Saudi-backed forces
having seized the roads on the outskirts.
The UN
has been trying to prevent the fighting from reaching the city
itself, where hundreds of thousands in the city could be in mortal
danger, and millions of lives could hang in the balance across Yemen.
So far, efforts to get peace talks going have failed.
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