Local Editor
Saudi Arabia’s military campaign is continuing unabated with its warplanes bombing various areas across Yemen.
Coalition fighter jets bombarded Usylan district of Shabwah province. The strikes targeted Haid Bin Akil area and al-Safra area in the same district, causing large damage to public and private properties.
The developments come as Spain’s King Felipe VI is set to begin his first state visit to Saudi Arabia later on Saturday, with the possible sale of warships to the Al Saud regime on top of the agenda.
Accompanied by Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis and Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna, the Spanish king will make his three-day visit to the kingdom on an invitation by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
According to a latest report by the Spanish daily El Pais, one of the "imperatives" of the trip is sealing a deal with the Spanish company Navantia to build five Avante 2200 corvette patrol vessels for the Saudi navy for $2.2 billion.
However, Amnesty International called on the Sapnish king to prevent the possible sale of several warships, warning that Riyadh could use them to commit "serious violations of international humanitarian law" against the Yemeni people.
Saudi Arabia has come under international opprobrium for the sheer size of the casualties from the war it is leading since March 2015 to crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring back the former Yemeni government to power.
The offensive has so far killed 10,000 amid countless reports suggesting deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure by Saudi jets and mercenaries.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
