On Monday, the brief Saudi-declared ceasefire in Yemen’s aid port of Hodeidah suddenly ended, with pro-Saudi forces launching a flurry of attacks backed by Saudi warplanes. On Tuesday, both sides appeared to be back to full-scale hostilities, with fighting raging in and around the city.
Both sides traded fire in their respective neighborhoods in the city, and major fighting was reported on the road connecting Hodeidah and Sanaa, where the Houthis attacked pro-Saudi forces, trying to reopen the supply lines.
Fighting is picking up around Yemen, despite talk of peace talks being held next month. The Houthis say that they fired a missile at Saudi Arabia is retaliation for cross-border raids into the northwest. The Saudi attacks killed a child in the village of Ghalfirah.
The calm that was prevailing just days ago was meant to be a confidence-building measure ahead of talks in Sweden. With fighting seemingly back in full swing, it’s not clear what is going to happen to the peace process.
Sad to think that our President thinks making hundreds of millions from the Saudis is more important than stopping this genocide. The american people are more focused on their own petty squabbles of human rights for immigrants than they are in the human rights of innocent women and children who are slaughtered every day. What ever happened to the anti-war movement ? Facebook? Starbucks? Thank you for your great reporting on these stories that we will never see on CNN.
Looks like Trump has quite a ways to go to catch up with Clinton’s/Albright’s 500,000 Iraqi children that were “worth” killing to stop a nonexistent chemical and nuclear program.
Yeah, that’s the most important thing. 85,000 dead from starvation doesn’t match the 500,000 so lets all f**king rejoice.
Minor correction…Daddy bush sanctions enforced thru the period of the Clinton administration.
To the Saudis, ceasefire=reload. Actually, they’re just practicing up for the big one against Iran, which will go nuclear almost immediately. It’ll probably start with some horrible false-flag event, maybe involving an aircraft carrier? Who knows? Only Jared and Bibi, for sure. Trump will be out golfing.
Yes, Trump allows this for that sole reason, and the money.
“To the Saudis”…how about “Saudi mercenaries”….all actual Saudis reload, is their bank accounts with oil welfare checks.
All the more reason to support the Houthis in their quest to deliver the Kingdom of Death their own little Vietnam.