Rebel-held Hodeida was for months the main front line in the Yemen war after government forces supported by Saudi Arabia and its allies launched an offensive to capture it in June. The United Nations has said that the truce has largely held in the city since the agreement came into force on December 18. Last month, the Security Council adopted a resolution backing the deal agreed in Sweden that provides for the deployment of observers to oversee the truce. The war between the Huthis and troops loyal to the government escalated in March 2015, when President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh-led coalition intervened. UN aid chief Mark Lowcock will also brief the council on Wednesday on the humanitarian situation.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 07, 2019 23:37 UTC