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Yemeni protesters reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida on Tuesday, ending a weeklong march from the capital to demand the port be declared a humanitarian zone. Dozens of protesters made the 225-kilometre (140-mile) walk, dubbed the “march for bread”, to call for unrestricted aid deliveries to Yemen.
Protestors waved flags emblazoned with loaves of bread and chanted slogans demanding the port be spared in the war.
“The Hodeida port has nothing to do with war… Let them fight anywhere, but leave the port alone. The port is for our women, children, our old people,” said protester Ali Mohammed Yahya, who walked for six days from Sanaa to Hodeida.
Hodeida, the main entry point for aid, is currently controlled by the Huthi Ansarullah movement but fears are mounting over a potential Saudi-led coalition military offensive to seize control of the port. The United Nations last week urged the Saudi-led coalition not to bomb Hodeida, the fourth most populated city in Yemen.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
