Yemeni official says rebels storm WFP warehouse in port city
CAIRO – A Yemeni minister has accused rival Houthi rebels of storming a warehouse used by the World Food Program to store humanitarian aid in the war-torn Red Sea port city of Hodeida.
Abdel-Raqeeb Fateh, the minister of local administration, said in a statement on Friday that the Houthis have turned the WFP warehouse in al-Durayhimi district into a military barracks.
Thousands of families were caught in the district’s crossfire between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition forces fighting them, he added.
Calling for a condemnation from the U.N., Fateh said the Houthis are intimidating humanitarian workers.
Hodeida port city is a lifeline for the Houthis who control northern Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has since June waged an offensive clear the port city of the Houthis and restore government control.
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