DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemeni Houthi movement on Friday accused the Saudi-led coalition of a dangerously escalation of the situation around Hodeidah after coalition forces attacked targets north of the port city.
The actions threatened a U.N.-brokered ceasefire accord in the Red Sea port, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam said.
The Saudi-led coalition on Friday launched a military operation north of Hodeidah against what it described as "legitimate military targets".
A coalition spokesman said attacks had destroyed four sites used to assemble remote-controlled boats and sea mines to help protect the freedom of maritime navigation.
"The concentrated raids on Hodeidah consitute a dangerous escalation that could blow up the Sweden agreement," the Houthi spokesman said on Twitter. "The coalition will bear the responsibilty of this escalation which is also a test to the United Nations."
A Hodeidah ceasefire and troop redeployment agreement was reched last year at peace talks in Sweden as a trust-building measure to pave the way for talks to end the war, but it stalled for months before a Houthi withdrawal from three Red Sea ports.
The Western-backed, Sunni Muslim coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 after the Iran-aligned Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government in Sanaa in late 2014.
(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
