Pro-government forces have made limited advances on the outskirts of Hudaydah, Photo by AFP
NOVEMBER 12th 2018
By Patryk Krych | The World Daily
Yemen Airstrikes In Effect Once More By Saudi-Led Coalition
Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah is once again suffering a barrage of airstrikes at the hands of a Saudi-led Coalition, after a long silent breath over the course of Monday, a lull of sorts, in an attempt to destroy the Houthi fortifications present.
Efforts to put an end to the Yemen wars that have been going on for some years now, and brought to country into the brink if not the dead centre of poverty, have certainly become far more frequent and extreme. The Western allies had, as the air strikes went off, made advances on Riyadh to attempt a stop to the war. The Houthis are, as it may perhaps seem, at the verge of losing the war.
The aforementioned ‘silent breath’ over Monday refers, of course, to the 12-hour halt on any sorts of air strikes made on the port city. Over the course of the long lull, the frequent and deadly street battles in the city had come to a slow halt, according to many residents anyhow. Though the continued air strikes are done with the intent of targeting the Houthi rebels, there are of course many other casualties.
The entrance of Hodeidah port had been bombed inclusively, and led to the deaths of one Houthi, a witness, and a triplet of guards, according to media. This was amongst the first air strikes, with some residents and aid groups saying that they’d started once more a while later, bombing many areas of the Hodeidah province.
During the 12-hour break in air strikes, there had been a meeting with the intentions of discussing the possibilities around putting an end to the Yemen war, with the foreign minister of Britain; Jeremy Hunt, having gone to have the visitational meeting in Saudi Arabia.
“The operation is still ongoing. It’s not true that there is a ceasefire in Hodeidah,” said Colonel Turki al-Malki, a coalition spokesman, never once denying that the attacks and offence towards the Houthi-held city of Hodeidah were still in effect. The war in Yemen is said to have put an end to the lives of over 10,000 people, hence why many are eager to end it at last.
“It’s a dirty war. The international community needs to say that’s enough. That’s what the US says, we’re saying and the British too,” said Jean-Yves le Drian, the French foreign minister, expressing his utmost beliefs that in this war, no matter what the outcome may be, there will in essence be no winners.
A ceasefire is sought after, however, with the United Nations wishing to renew their peace efforts, hence many people’s uncertainty and despair at the situation. A meeting with the Houthis was previously sought after, arranged in September, but they hadn’t ever turned up, leading to the UN seeking to have a new date set for the peace talks.
Concerns are more rampant than ever, with the damages of the air strikes having hurt more than just the Houthis. Amnesty International had quoted a witness to the strikes, stating; “Hundreds of medical workers and patients, including a malnourished woman carrying her daughter in a surgical robe and a man still hooked up to a catheter, fled in terror as a series of large explosions rocked a hospital in central Hodeidah.”
By Patryk Krych | The World Daily
