Airstrikes on a Yemen airport in the city of Hudaida has been conducted by Saudi and Emirati-led coalition in an offensive against Houthi forces.
Defeat in the main port city would be a major setback to Houthi fighters, losing supply lines from the Red sea to their stronghold in Sanaa.
The recent escalation have raised fears of a famine, with more than 22 million people in Yemen in need of aid of which 8.4 million are at the risk of starvation.
The United Nations has considered Yemen to be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.