U.S. turns down UAE request for aid in offensive against rebel-held Yemeni port

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U.S. turns down UAE request for aid in offensive against rebel-held Yemeni port
by Karen DeYoung and Kareem Fahim

The United States on Thursday turned down a request from the United Arab Emirates to provide intelligence, overhead reconnaissance and mine-sweeping aid to a newly launched military offensive against the rebel-occupied Yemeni port of Hodeida, according to Emirati and U.S. officials.

The denial came as the United Nations continued a last-minute effort to avoid the attempt to retake the port, through which the majority of food, fuel and medical assistance flows to civilians in what aid groups already consider the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

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