Update: Coalition continues shelling Hodeidah despite cease-fire

HODEIDAH, Jan. 14 (YPA) – Coalition-backed militias on Monday shelled residential areas with machine guns in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah despite the UN-brokered cease-fire, a security official told Yemen Press Agency.

The shelling targeted 7 July areas.

On Sunday, the militias shelled Koa’i and Shajen villages in Durihimi district south of the port city.

The cease-fire went into force on Dec. 18, 2018.

Sameera Hasan