Local Editor
Saudi military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri said on Monday that the kingdom was now stuck in a "static war" against its southern neighbor.
However, he added that both US and British military experts were advising Saudi forces on how to improve aerial targeting.
"Experts from the United States [will] work on extensive reports and develop operating mechanisms, together with the British side," he explained.
Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March last year in a bid to bring the country’s fugitive former President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a Riyadh ally, back to power.
Over 8,270 people, among them 2,236 children, had been martyred and 16,015 others injured since the onset of the warfare. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
In the context, a recent damning UN report verified that the aggressors in the Saudi war targeted civilians in Yemen, documenting 119 sorties that violated international humanitarian law.
A senior official with Doctors without Borders [MSF], however, said last week Saudi Arabia is targeting civilians in Yemen with "utter disregard" for international law with "the silent consent" of the West and the UN Security Council.
