Saudi Arabia, Sudan hold joint aerial drills to attack on Hodeidah

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The Saudi and Sudanese air forces have staged joint wargames in Sudan, north of Khartoum,to boost their airstrikes in Yemen, dubbed “Blue Shield 1 .

The two-week drills, which will last until April 12, involve some 250 Saudi air force members and over 450 Sudanese troops, according to Sudanese TV.

” Saudi Arabia will deploy its F-15 and Eurofighter Typhoon jets, while Sudan will participate with over two dozen combat aircraft, including MiG-29s and the Sukhois”, Sudanese TV added on Friday.

In 2016, Saudi Arabia reportedly provided five billion dollars in military assistance to Sudan, as a result of participation of war in Yemen.

Earlier, the head of Saudi-led coalition in the war on Yemen, Ahmed al-Asiri, Express intention of Saudi-led Coalition to attack Al Hodiedah`s port  Yemen’s western.

Alseyyed abdulMalik, the leader of Ansar Allah said in n a televised speech that Yemen’s people would continue their fight till they liberate all Yemeni areas, “the people of Yemen will not give in to occupation “he added.

Britain and the US have provided huge amounts of arms and military training to the Saudi forces, which killed more than 12000 civilians, and 10 million children are currently in need of humanitarian assistance while some 2.2 million of them are acutely malnourished, according to UN.