Clashes Resume in Yemen's Hudaydah as Saudi Airstrikes Continue

Coalition warplanes conducted more than 10 airstrikes on Hudaydah and battles could be heard in the “July 7” district, four km (2.5 miles) away from the port, residents said, Reuters reported.

One resident said a medium-range missile had been fired from the city center toward the district in the suburbs following the strikes.

Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Movement had said earlier on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, responding to a demand from the United Nations.

"After our contacts with the UN envoy and his request to stop drone and missile strikes...We announce our initiative...to halt missile and drone strikes on the countries of aggression," said Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthis' Supreme Revolutionary Committee.

The group said it was ready for a broader ceasefire if "the Saudi-led coalition wants peace."

“(The decision) came to support the UN envoy, to show good faith and support the peace efforts," the statement said.

The Houthis say their missile attacks on Saudi Arabia are in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure by the coalition led by the Riyadh regime.

Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for more than two years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so far.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

Over 15,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have lost their lives in the deadly military campaign.