Saudi-Led Coalition Fails to Deploy Forces on Western Coasts of Yemen

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The Saudi-led coalition troops failed to deploy troops on the Western coasts of Yemen after they were defeated and pushed back by the army and popular committees.

A Yemeni military source said that the army and popular forces blocked the Saudi-led coalition militants' deployment on the Western coasts, adding that the enemies had attacked with a number of combat boats and frigates, supported by fighters and Apache helicopters.

He said that the Saudi-led forces could not advance and sustained a large number of casualties, noting that the remaining militants fled the battle scene. Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 17,000 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children. Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia's deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with more than 22 million people in need and is seeing a spike in needs, fuelled by ongoing conflict, a collapsing economy and diminished social services and livelihoods.

The United Nations aid chief has recently expressed concern over the decline of food imports to Yemen amid restrictions put in place by the Saudi Arabia, warning that a further 10 million Yemenis could face starvation by year-end.

Humanitarian agencies have also warned that halting operations at the crucial Hudaydah port would have an enormous impact on people all across Yemen, urging the warring parties to spare innocent lives in their battle for the Red Sea city.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team