Yemen crisis: UK's Hunt warns Hudaydah deal 'could die within weeks'
A peace deal in Yemen's main port city"could be dead within weeks", British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said during a visit to the country.
The Yemeni government and the rebel Houthi movement have yet to implement a UN-brokered plan to pull out and redeploy forces around Hudaydah. The port is the principal lifeline for two-thirds of Yemen's population, which is on the brink of famine.More than 20 million people were on the brink of starvation, he added. The UN says at least 6,800 civilians have been killed and 10,700 injured in the fighting.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates lead a coalition that has imposed a partial blockade in Yemen after President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was forced to flee abroad by the Houthis - a group the Sunni states consider to be a proxy of regional Shia power Iran.
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