Saudi-Led Coalition Captures Large Areas of Yemen’s Hodeidah Airport

Hodeidah port's cranes are pictured from a nearby shantytown in Hodeidah, Yemen on June 16, 2018. Reuters/Abduljabbar Zeyad
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Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen’s main port Hodeidah on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, according to a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency, and local residents.