Reuters: Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war with attack on main port
ADEN (Reuters) - A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched an attack on Yemen’s main port city on Wednesday in the largest battle of the war, aiming to bring the ruling Houthi movement to its knees at the risk of worsening the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.
Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi fortifications to support ground operations by foreign and Yemeni troops massed south of the port of Hodeidah in operation “Golden Victory”.
Fighting raged near Hodeidah airport and al-Durayhmi, a rural area 10 km (6 miles) south of the city, media controlled by the Arab states and their Yemeni allies reported.
The United Arab Emirates’ state news agency reported that UAE forces and local allies had penetrated the Houthis’ front line on the airport perimeter.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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Indian soldiers killed in cross-border shelling.
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Rohingya refugees land in Myanmar as escape boat breaks up.
US hits Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguard unit head with sanctions.
AFRICA
Former president Maldives and chief justice sentenced for obstruction of justice.
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EUROPE
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Germany's Merkel calls for unified European approach on migration.
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Italy summons French ambassador in row over migrant rescue boat.
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Angela Merkel accuses US of running trade surplus if trade calculations are updated.
German interior minister pulls out of Merkel's integration summit.
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AMERICAS
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California voters to weigh splitting into three states.
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France, Belgium, Spain, Morocco to form joint anti-terrorism unit.
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