Iran-aligned Houthi movement began on Saturday a unilateral pullout from three Red Sea ports used for grain, oil, commerce and aid
Local coast guards have taken over security at the Saleef, Ras Isa and Hodeidah ports, according to the United Nations which is supervising operations there.Some officials from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized Yemeni government dismissed the pullout as a “show,” but government negotiator Sadiq Dweid acknowledged it marked the start of implementing the Stockholm accord.Dweid tweeted late on Saturday that he had held a positive meeting with the chief U.N.
“We fled the war and I do not want to go back unless it ends, I fear death,” said Sami, an 11-year-old who lives with his family in a graveyard in the capital Aden. Under plans to avert a full-scale assault, the Houthis are to pull back five km from the ports between May 11 and 14. Coalition forces, currently massed four km from Hodeidah port on the edges of the city, are to retreat one km from two flashpoint districts.
Aid organization the International Rescue Committee said the Houthi move was a positive step, but a wider peace deal was needed to avert violence elsewhere.
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