Press TV - The chairman of Yemens Supreme Revolutionary Committee has warned the Saudi-led coalition against launching a military assault on the countrys strategic westernportcity ofHudaydah, stressing the Yemeni forces response would be unprecedented in such a case.
If Saudi Arabia and its allies opt to attack Hudaydah, we will take measures like never before, said a post published on Mohammed Ali al-Houthis Facebook page on Saturday, the Arabic service of Russias Sputnik news agency reported.
He added, We can target Saudi oil tankers. The Yemeni naval forces can strike the oil vessels. We can take any action in case they (the Saudi-led coalition) invade Hudaydah.
The chairman of Yemens Supreme Revolutionary Committee stressed that all giant oil installations in Saudi Arabia would be the main targets of Yemenimissiles from now on, advising the Saudi-led coalition to refrain from a raid against Hudaydah if they want to keep Saudi oil tankers safe.
Early on November 5, Yemeni forces launched a solid propellant and Scud-typeBorkan-2(Volcano-2) missile against King Khalid International Airport, located 35 kilometers north of the Saudi capital Riyadh, in retaliation for Riyadhs devastating aerial bombardment campaign against Yemen.
Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime.
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People look at the damage in the aftermath of a Saudi airstrike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on November 11, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]More than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset of the campaign more than two and a half years ago. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
The Saudi-led war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.
According to the latest figures by the World Health Organization, the cholera outbreak has killed 2,167 people since the end of April and is suspected to have infected 841,906.
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A Yemeni father carries his child suspected of being infected with cholera, as he waits to be seen at a hospital in the western Yemeni coastal city of Hudaydah on November 5, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]Meanwhile, the United Nations has described the current level of hunger in Yemen as unprecedented, emphasizing that 17million people are now food insecure in the country.
It added that 6.8 million, meaning almost one in four people, do not have enough food and rely entirely on external assistance.
A recent survey showed thatalmost one third of families have gaps in their diets, and hardly ever consume foods like pulses, vegetables, fruit, dairy products or meat.
More than3 million pregnant and nursing women and children under 5 need support to prevent or cure malnutrition.
