Five women were killed in war-torn Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
when a projectile went
kaboom!at a wedding held on New Year's Day in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, officials said Saturday.
It came just two days after at least 26 people were killed in blasts that rocked the airport of the southern city of Aden as government ministers got off a plane.
General Sadek Douid, the government representative in a UN-sponsored joint commission overseeing a truce, condemned the Hodeida blast, which also left seven maimed, as "an odious crime committed by the Huthis against civilians".
Hodeida's Huthi-appointed governor, Mohammed Ayache, said on al-Masirah television, which is run by the Shiite Moslem rebels, that "the forces of aggression never hesitate to blame others for their crimes".
Saudi-backed government forces launched an offensive in June 2018 to retake Hodeida, the main entry point for humanitarian aid
to poverty-stricken Yemen.But a ceasefire has been partially observed since December of the same year.