Yemeni Civil War

After Human Rights Watch on Sunday appealed for a stop to weapons exports to Saudi Arabia following last month's airstrike in Yemen that killed at least 26 children and wounded at least 19, new pictures show Serbian-made weapons being used in the conflict in Yemen. 

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.

Ankara on May 10 expressed concerns over the recent developments on Yemen's Socotra Island after the United Arab Emirates dispatched its military to the island last week. 

President Emmanuel Macron has defended French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, also saying that he was concerned by the humanitarian situation and would host a conference on the issue before the summer.

Norway has suspended exports of munitions and arms to the United Arab Emirates, saying it was "an expression of a strict precautionary line" and was based on "a comprehensive assessment of the situation in Yemen" where a Saudi-led coalition has been fighting Shiite rebels for three years, The Washington Post reported.

The UAE is part of the coalition.

The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit 1 million with more than 80 percent of the population lacking food, fuel, clean water and access to healthcare in the country's civil war, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday.

At least 30 people were killed in Yemen's Sana'a capital in a Saudi Arabian coalition's air strikes, a spokeswoman for the Rebel-controlled health ministry said.

At least 80 people have been injured, and among those killed there are mainly prisoners and civilians. According to eyewitnesses, coalition aircraft have hit hurdles in Sana'a, including prison with criminals.

Saudi-led warplanes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital before dawn on Dec. 5 after the rebels killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh as he fled the city following the collapse of their uneasy alliance, residents said.