{"id":13329,"date":"2019-03-11T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T03:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2019-03-11T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T03:06:26","slug":"yemeni-government-forces-repulse-houthi-attack-in-hodeidah-13-rebels-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13329","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni Government Forces Repulse Houthi Attack In Hodeidah, 13 Rebels Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ADEN, Yemen, March 11 (NNN-SABA) &#8211; Forces loyal to Yemen&#8217;s internationally-backed government, thwarted an attack launched by the Houthis, in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, killing 13 rebels, a military official said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Scores of Houthi fighters launched an attack against government forces in Durayhmi district of Hodeidah, sparking fierce clashes in the deserted area,&#8221; the Hodeidah-based official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Well-armed government forces, backed by local fighters, managed to thwart the Houthi attack, leaving 13 rebels killed and several others injured,&#8221; the source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Houthis wanted to carry out simultaneous attacks, to besiege government forces in Durayhmi, he revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident came just hours after intense armed confrontations in various areas of Hodeidah, including the 50th Street and Yemen Mobile roundabout, causing casualties from both warring sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The warring forces have so far failed to withdraw from Hodeidah and its southern districts, in accordance with the UN-sponsored Stockholm Agreement reached last Dec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal was aimed to avert an all-out offensive on the lifeline port city, which is the key entry of Yemen&#8217;s most commercial imports and international aid.&#8211; NNN-SABA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADEN, Yemen, March 11 (NNN-SABA) &#8211; Forces loyal to Yemen&#8217;s internationally-backed government, thwarted an attack launched by the Houthis, in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, killing 13 rebels, a military official said. &#8220;Scores of Houthi fighters launched an attack against government forces in Durayhmi district of Hodeidah, sparking fierce clashes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[286,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}