Saudi-led forces seize airport in Yemen port city of Hodeida
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Yemeni official say Saudi-led forces have seized the airport in Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida.
The military loyal to Yemen's exiled government issued a statement Saturday morning saying that engineers now were trying to remove mines left by the Shiite rebels known as Houthis.
The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge losing the airport.
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Hodeida International Airport is on the south side of the city home to some 600,000. So far, fighting has yet to enter Hodeida's downtown or its crucial port.
The Saudi-led coalition began its assault Wednesday on Hodeida, the main entry for food into a country already on the brink of famine.
International aid groups and the United Nations have warned the fighting could affect food imports.