Tens of thousands of Yemenis trapped in Red Sea fighting

Fighting between Yemeni government forces and rebels has trapped tens of thousands of civilians in and around the port town of Mokha, where over 30 fighters were killed today, residents and the UN said.

"We fear the (Shiite) Huthi (rebel) snipers who have taken up positions on rooftops but also the firing from the other (government) side," said Majed Mukaibar, a 32-year-old fisherman and father in the Red Sea town of southwest Yemen.

Ibrahim Saleh, a tradesman who works in southern Yemen's main city of Aden, told

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