Instead of bringing calm to the besieged Yemeni city, calls for a ceasefire in Hodeidah have brought some of the worst violence the vital port has yet faced in the three-year war. On Wednesday, an Emirati-trained group known as the Giants, with the help of Apache attack helicopters, secured a key road leading to Hodeidah’s port. On Tuesday, fighters raided the city’s May 22 hospital – named for Yemen’s national day – and set up sniper positions on the building’s roof, Janani said. Hodeidah is Yemen’s lifeline. Dr Elisabeth Kendall of Oxford University said: “There is a reasonable chance that [December peace talks] in Sweden will materialise.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2018 05:00 UTC