# Yemen’s ports and airports under threat as fighting disrupts food and medicine supplies

https://mins.news/en/video/29998

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-23 19:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmPPVuFVEzI

> An escalation of violence in Yemen is threatening food and medicine supplies as fighting resumes between the internationally recognised government and the Iran-allied Ansarullah Houthis, backed by Saudi Arabia. Tit-for-tat strikes have disrupted operations at a Red Sea port and the international airport in the capital.

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