Fighting intensifies in Yemen Red Sea city

The government blames the rebels on breaches of Stockholm Agreement

SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's warring parties clashed on Saturday in the country's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah and kept trading blames over breaching a fragile cease-fire deal in an escalation that could jeopardize the peace agreement reached in Stockholm in December last year.

According to residents, the clashes took place in Kilo 16 area, Zafran village and 50th Street inside the port city, while the fighting also intensified in several districts in the southern edges of the city, including Tahita, Fazah, Durayhemi and 7 July district.