UNSC approves 75 truce monitors for Yemen’s Hodeidah

16 Jan, 2019 14:45 / Updated 5 years ago

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved on Wednesday the deployment of up to 75 observers to Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah for six months. They will monitor a ceasefire and redeployment of forces by the warring parties in the country’s conflict, Reuters said. After a week of UN-sponsored peace talks in Sweden last month, the Houthi group and Saudi-backed Yemen government foes reached the deal on Hodeidah. The city is the entry point for most of Yemen’s commercial goods and aid supplies, and a lifeline for millions of Yemenis on the verge of starvation.