Yemen's Hodeidah receives first ship carrying general cargo in years amid truce push


Commercial ships are docked at the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) - A container ship carrying general commercial goods docked at Yemen's main port of Hodeidah for the first time since at least 2016 on Saturday as parties in Yemen's eight-year war are in talks to reinstate an expired U.N.-brokered truce deal.

The conflict, which pits a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Iran-aligned Houthi group, has divided Yemen and caused a humanitarian crisis that has left 80% of the 30 million population needing help.

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