{"id":140403,"date":"2018-06-13T05:26:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/yemen-war-saudi-backed-forces-begin-assault-on-port-of-hudaydah\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T05:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:26:55","slug":"yemen-war-saudi-backed-forces-begin-assault-on-port-of-hudaydah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/yemen-war-saudi-backed-forces-begin-assault-on-port-of-hudaydah\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen war: Saudi-backed forces begin assault on port of Hudaydah"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition gather near the outskirts of the western port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, 12 June 2018.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/15D19\/production\/_101996398_047396826.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  EPA<figcaption>Image caption                                      Yemeni and Saudi-led coalition forces have been poised on the outskirts of Hudaydah                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Saudi-backed forces have begun an assault on the key port of Hudaydah after Houthi rebels ignored a final deadline to withdraw, reports say.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel positions are being bombarded from the air and sea, according to regional media.<\/p>\n<p>Aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if the city is attacked, with up to a quarter of a million casualties possible.<\/p>\n<p>The port is the main entry point for humanitarian aid into Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>More than seven million people in the war-torn country are dependent on food aid.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network reported that the &quot;liberation&quot; of Hudaydah had begun with a large-scale ground assault supported by air and naval cover.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions were heard on the outskirts of the port city, it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Yemeni government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi said in a statement that all political means to persuade the rebels to withdraw had been exhausted.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yemen: Who is fighting whom?<\/li>\n<li>Key Houthi official killed in Yemen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of the Saudi-led coalition that backs Mr Hadi, had earlier given the Houthis a final ultimatum to withdraw or face imminent attack. <\/p>\n<p>UAE Junior Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash told the BBC that the coalition had run out of patience with diplomatic efforts after a previous 48-hour deadline expired. <\/p>\n<p>He said the coalition wanted the UN to take control of the port but it was prepared to take military action if the Houthis refused to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>The civil war in Yemen has killed about 10,000 people over the past three years and created what the UN says is the world&#039;s worst humanitarian disaster. <\/p>\n<p>A Saudi-led multinational coalition intervened in the conflict in Yemen in March 2015 as forces loyal to President Hadi battled the Houthi movement, which champions Yemen&#039;s Zaidi Shia Muslim minority. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright EPAImage caption Yemeni and Saudi-led coalition forces have been poised on the outskirts of Hudaydah Saudi-backed forces have begun an assault on the key port of Hudaydah after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}