Al Hudaydah

The United Nations said Monday it was seeking $5 billion to provide humanitarian aid to some 20 million Yemenis next year -- or about 70 percent of the war-stricken country's population.

Each year, the world body needs an additional billion dollars, UN Under Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said. 

At least 149 people including civilians have been killed in 24 hours of clashes between government loyalists and rebels in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida, medics and military sources said Monday, reports AFP. 

A military official in Hodeida confirmed seven civilians had died, without giving further details.

AFP - More than five million children are threatened by famine in war-torn Yemen as prices soar, a charity said Wednesday, warning an entire generation may face death and "starvation on an unprecedented scale".

This image grab taken from a video shows Yemeni pro-government forces firing a heavy machine gun at the south of Hodeida airport, in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. AFP PHOTO

SANAA, Yemen -- Heavy fighting in Yemen's port province of Hodeida between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels killed at least 80 people on both sides over the previous two days, Yemeni officials and witnesses said Sunday.

More than 121,000 people have recently fled Yemen's port city of Al-Hudaydah due to fierce attacks by Saudi-led coalition forces, according to a new UN report.

In this file photo taken on January 27, 2018, workers unload food assistance provided by UNICEF from a cargo ship in the Red Sea port of Hodeida, a key entry point for United Nations aid to war-torn Yemen. / AFP

Yemeni pro-government forces fire a mortar round in the area of al-Fazah in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

This image grab taken from a video shows Yemeni pro-government forces firing a heavy machine gun at the south of Hodeida airport, in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. AFP PHOTO

Fighting around the historic Yemeni port of Mokha has forced more than 48,000 people from their homes, a U.N. official said March 1, with many facing the threat of further displacement.

Shabia Mantoo, Yemen spokeswoman for the U.N.'s refugee agency, told AFP more than 48,000 people had left Mokha and the nearby town of Dhubab in recent weeks.