U.N. says assault on Yemen's Hodeidah port could cost 250,000 lives

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News ID: 24064
Publish Date: 13:24 - 08 June 2018
TEHRAN, June 08 - A long-feared assault on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah by the Saudi-led coalition could cost up to 250,000 lives, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in the country, Lise Grande, said in a statement on Friday.

U.N. says assault on Yemen's Hodeidah port could cost 250,000 livesTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "A military attack or siege on Hodeidah will impact hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians," she said.

"In a prolonged worst case, we fear that as many as 250,000 people may lose everything — even their lives."

Source: Reuters

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