The New York Times: While the world is focused on Singapore: Yemen faces further disaster

SANAA, June 12 (YPA) -Yemen faces more disasters due to the Saudi-led military escalation backed by the US, which seeks to control the port of Hodeidah in the western coast of Yemen, the New York Times reported.

Diplomats involved in behind-the-scenes negotiations say the United Arab Emirates has warned of an imminent attack on a besieged port city, Al Hodeidah that is the gateway for much of the foreign humanitarian aid entering the war-ravaged country.

The International Committee for the Red Cross evacuated its staff there over the weekend, and the U.N. is doing the same now.

Yemen’s torturous civil war has already created what is considered the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

Diplomats say that the U.A.E. and Saudi forces seeking to control the port of Hodeidah may strike now, while the U.S.-North Korea summit meeting takes up media bandwidth.

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