Yemeni protesters reached the Red Sea city of al-Hodeida on Tuesday (April 25th), ending a week-long march from Sanaa to demand the port, which is held by the Houthis (Ansarallah), be declared a humanitarian zone, AFP reported.
Al-Hodeida is the main entry point for aid.
Some 25 protesters made the 225-kilometre "march for bread" to call for unrestricted aid deliveries to Yemen, where the Iran-backed Houthis have battled government forces backed by the Arab coalition for two years.
Protesters waved flags emblazoned with loaves of bread and chanted slogans demanding the port be spared in the war, which the UN estimates has killed more than 7,700 people and left millions struggling to find food.
"Al-Hodeida port has nothing to do with war... Let them fight anywhere, but leave the port alone," said protester Ali Mohammed Yahya, who walked for six days from Sanaa to al-Hodeida.
