Clashes erupt in Yemen's Hodeidah as pro-coalition forces cede ground to Houthis

Cars and motorcycles are seen through a car windshield as they drive past a building damaged by clashes on the outskirts of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Manal Qaed

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's warring sides clashed south of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah late on Saturday, after Iranian-backed Houthi fighters moved into territory ceded by forces allied to a Saudi-led coalition, military sources and witnesses said.

Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates had on Friday announced they were redeploying from around Yemen's main port in the west, a move which a U.N. monitoring mission and the government said they had no advance notice of.