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The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights has strongly condemned the deadly Saudi-led airstrike in the country’s mountainous northwestern province of Saada, which claimed the lives of more than a dozen people, describing it as a blatant violation of humanitarian principles.
The ministry, in a statement released on Wednesday, said the crime adds to the offenses that “the heinous coalition of aggression” has perpetrated against the Yemeni nations, and represents an outstanding example of the alliance’s violation of humanitarian principles and international human rights laws.
The statement added that the Saudi-led coalition presses ahead with its brutal campaign against Yemeni civilians and continues to target them through various methods, and without any human or international deterrence.
The ministry finally censured the international community’s silence on the crimes against humanity that the Saudi-led military coalition is committing in Yemen, calling for an active intervention to stop the crimes and spare civilians from massacre and destruction that has negatively affected all aspects of life in Yemen.
On Tuesday evening, at least 17 people, including a dozen African migrants, lost their lives when Saudi artillery units targeted a popular market in al-Raqou area of the Monabbih district of Sa'ada province. The attack left several people injured as well.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past four and a half years.
The war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
