SANAA, Yemen — A suspected airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels hit a local radio station in the Red Sea port province of Hodeida on Sunday, killing at least four people, a rebel official said. Heavy fighting has been raging around Hodeida as Yemeni government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition are trying to retake the city from the rebels, known as the Houthis. The latest offensive began earlier this month following the failure of what was hoped to be renewed peace talks in Geneva. Shortly after the failure to launch peace talks, the government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition renewed their offensive to retake the rebel-held Hodeida. Impoverished Yemen has been embroiled in the war pitting the Saudi-led coalition against the Iran-aligned Houthis since March 2015.

Source: National Post September 16, 2018 16:06 UTC