SANAA (Dispatches) -- Houthi fighters will not withdraw completely from Hudaydah, their leader Abdel Malek Al Houthi told French newspaper Le Figaro, adding he was not against the UN having "a role of supervision” in the key port city if Saudi-backed militants stop their offensive.
"We told the UN envoy, Martin Griffiths, that we are not rejecting the role of supervision and logistics that the UN wants to hold in the port, but on the condition that the aggression against Hudaydah stops," Al Houthi said.