(4 Nov 2018) Fighting has escalated around Yemen's key port city of Hodeida, as airstrikes and naval artillery pound rebel positions around the Red Sea coastal city.
Government backed-troops are launching a major ground assault in an attempt to wrest Hodeida from dug-in Houthi rebels.
More than 150 combatants were killed over the weekend from both the rebel and government-backed sides, officials said Sunday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
Fierce fighting also erupted in the provinces of Bayda, to the south, and Saada, a Houthi stronghold in the north, they added.
Yemen has been at war since March 2015 when the rebels, known as Houthis, occupied northern regions and forced the government into exile.
Since then, a Saudi-led, US-backed coalition supporting the largely exiled government has blockaded the rebel-held north and waged a devastating air campaign, causing thousands of deaths.
The US has sold billions of dollars' worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and provides logistical and other support to the coalition, while the coalition, which backs the exiled government, accuses the Houthis of acting as Iran's proxy.

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