The battleground Yemeni port city of Hodeida was calm Thursday after a minor exchange of fire between the warring parties overnight, a pro-government official said. Military officials and residents have said that there has been intermittent fighting between loyalists — backed by a Saudi-led coalition — and the Iran-aligned Huthis since a truce in the lifeline Red Sea port city and its surroundings came into force on Tuesday. A pro-government official told AFP that four loyalists were wounded on Wednesday night. “The exchange of fire lasted for about half an hour, and there is uneasy calm this morning,” he said. The official added there has been intermittent fighting on a number of battlefronts in Hodeida province, including the districts of Hays and Al-Tuhayta. The pro-government forces and the Huthi rebels exchanged accusations on Thursday that the other side was violating the ceasefire agreement reached at talks in Sweden earlier this month. UN observers are due in Yemen to head up monitoring teams made up of government and rebel representatives tasked with overseeing the implementation of the UN-brokered ceasefire, under the auspices of a Redeployment Coordination Committee. The UN chair of that committee, Patrick Cammaert, convened its first meeting by videoconference… Read full this story
- Uneasy calm in Aligarh day after clashes between police, anti-CAA protesters
- Ukraine ceasefire leaves frontline counting cost of war in uneasy calm
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels impeding UN aid flow, demand a cut
- Saudi Arabia says it intercepts Yemen missiles ahead of G20 meeting
- Iran chose to miss when firing rockets, British sources suggest
- Battles intensify near strategic Yemeni port
- I vanished as attackers closed in on palace
- DELTA: Alleged herdsmen killings as ‘annual routine’
- Coronavirus crisis: It's time for India Inc to create opportunities
- Where is Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony?
'Uneasy' calm in Yemen's Hodeida after overnight fire: govt source have 285 words, post on en.rfi.fr at December 20, 2018. This is cached page on Vietnam Art News. If you want remove this page, please contact us.