WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates warned today that it may proceed with a military operation on the key Yemeni port city of Hodeidah if the international community is unable to persuade the Houthi rebels holding the Red Sea port city of 400,000 to withdraw.
“The current and illegal Houthi occupation of Hodeida is prolonging the Yemeni war,” Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, wrote on Twitter today. “The liberation of the city and port will create a new reality and bring the Houthis to the negotiations.”