Another defection from the camp of Saudi led coalition. This time a group of nearly 40 forces from the Republican Guards who were stationed in Yemen's western coastline declared their defection to the Houthi Ansarullah Movement in the capital Sana'a.

Two unnamed UN sources, familiar with the matter, announced the news in interviews with Reuters on Sunday.

The UN has warned that nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in war-torn Yemen.

A Saudi-led military coalition continues to impound 22 Yemen-bound ships with over 536 thousand tons of oil derivatives.

An official from Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says all missiles and drones used the army’s latest raid have precisely hit their targets in Saudi Arabia, contrary to the Riyadh-led coalition’s claims.

Houthi says Saudi Arabia and the UAE are siding with the Israeli regime, which is the number-one enemy of the Muslim world.

Ansarullah denounces a recent so-called donor conference that was held under the guise of collecting aid for Yemen out as a “begging” attempt by the war-torn country’s aggressors.

The MSF has warned that at least 68 people have died of COVID-19 in southern Yemen in just two weeks.

The coronavirus infects more people in Yemen, which has also been gripped by other diseases, amid five years of Saudi aggression.

Yemen's armed forces take control of the strategic city of al-Hazm - the capital of the northern al-Jawf province- as Saudi-led mercenaries retreated after losing ground in the region.