Special envoy to Yemen: we not advocate a military operation against Hodeidah port

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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, special envoy to Yemen, said on Friday that the United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen’s Hodeidah port.

The envoy, Ould Cheikh, told a panel of the Middle East Institute in Washington that he was “extremely concerned” about the possibility of military action at Hodeidah soon.

“We as the United Nations are advocating that no military operations should be undertaken in Hodeidah,” he said.

The United States is considering deepening its role in Yemen’s conflict by more directly aiding the Saudi-led coalition, according to Reuters.

Alseyyed Al Houthi , the leader of Ansar Allah, said Donald Trump gave a permit for Saudi-led Coalition for attacking on Al Hodeidah western Yemen, calling all Yemenis to face it

The International Rescue Committee has said any attack targeting the port would disrupt port facilities and “have a catastrophic impact on the people of Yemen.”

The Red Sea port, where more than 70 percent of Yemen’s food imports and humanitarian aid is delivered, targeted by Saudi-led Coalition many times before.