Saudi-led coalition ready to use ‘calibrated force’ to push Yemen port deal: UAE 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition is prepared to use “calibrated force” to push the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement to withdraw from Yemen’s Hodeidah port city under a U.N.-sponsored deal, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Wednesday. The Houthis control Hodeidah while other Yemeni factions backed by the coalition trying to restore the internationally recognized government are massed on its outskirts. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said the Western-backed Sunni Muslim Arab coalition struck 10 Houthi training camps outside Hodeidah governorate on Wednesday. “Coalition prepared to use more calibrated force to prod Houthi compliance with Stockholm Agreement,” he tweeted.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 30, 2019 20:15 UTC