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Saudi-led coalition forces deploy north of Hodeida

(16 Jan 2019) Saudi-led coalition forces are deploying to areas north of the contested port city of Hodeida. The movements come amid disagreements between the country's warring parties as to how to handle a fragile ceasefire and troop withdrawal in the coastal governorate, as part of an agreement that Houthi and government leaders reached in talks Sweden on December 13. The warring parties in Yemen have refused to talk face-to-face during two meetings to discuss the redeployment of forces from the key port of Hodeida, which is to be overseen by a UN monitoring team, the United Nations said Monday. Martin Griffiths, the UN Envoy for Yemen, told the Security Council last week that Yemen's government and Houthi Shiite rebels "have largely adhered" to the ceasefire that includes just the areas around the city of Hodeida. But he said progress on a pullout of rival forces, humanitarian access and other issues agreed to in Stockholm has been slow due to distrust on both sides. Last week, a Houthi drone attack on a military parade in the southern port city of Aden killed seven people, including the government's military intelligence chief. The conflict in Yemen began with the 2014 takeover of Sanaa by the Iranian-backed Houthis, who toppled the government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. A Saudi-led coalition allied with Yemen's internationally recognised government has been fighting the Houthis since 2015. Saudi-led airstrikes have hit schools, hospitals and wedding parties and killed thousands of Yemeni civilians. The Houthis have fired long-range missiles into Saudi Arabia and targeted vessels in the Red Sea. Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has been plunged into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...