Iranian warships will escort Yemen-bound cargo ship: IRNA
Source: Reuters
Iranian warships will accompany a cargo ship bound for the Yemeni port of Hodaida, which is held by Iran-allied Houthi fighters, a naval commander was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
The Iran-flagged Iran Shahed cargo ship set sail on Monday and could be intercepted by Saudi-led coalition forces, which are blockading Yemen as part of a military campaign against the Houthis.
"The 34th fleet, which is currently in the Gulf of Aden, has special responsibility to protect the Iranian humanitarian aid ship," Admiral Hossein Azad said, referring to a destroyer and support vessel patrolling international waters off Yemen.
A five-day ceasefire in Yemen's civil war is set to take effect at 11 p.m. (04:00 p.m. EDT) to allow food and medicine into the blockaded country, which aid groups warn faces a humanitarian catastrophe.
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