U.N. calls for new talks on Yemen's Hodeidah port as frontlines shift

FILE PHOTO: A view of an arch damaged by clashes is seen on the outskirts of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen November 13, 2021. Picture taken November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Manal Qaed

ADEN (Reuters) - An U.N. monitoring mission on Monday called on Yemen's warring parties to hold new talks over Hodeidah as the Saudi-led coalition strafed areas south of the port city, where Houthi fighters advanced in the wake of withdrawing coalition forces.

The air strikes, which began on Sunday, were the first since late 2018 when the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis agreed a U.N.-sponsored pact for a truce in Hodeidah and a troop redeployment by both sides that never materialised.