# Yemen’s Red Sea ports could be key to ending conflict with Houthis | The National

> UN-led peace talks on Yemen ended without a breakthrough after the UN envoy met Houthi officials in Sanaa. Yemeni government forces, backed by an Arab coalition, captured the Red Sea port of Mokha, and the next target is reportedly Hodeidah, the main food and fuel port for rebel-held northern Yemen.

- Date: 2017-01-24 · published 2017-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72880-yemen-s-red-sea-ports-could-be-key-to-ending-conflict-with-houthis-the-national
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Fighting over Hodeidah threatens the main import route for food into northern Yemen, which could disrupt grain and feed demand and raise shipping risk in the Red Sea.

## Read by commodity

- BRENT: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- thenationalnews.com: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/yemen-s-red-sea-ports-could-be-key-to-ending-conflict-with-houthis-1.5406

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