Saudi Warplanes Violate ’Ceasefire’ in Yemen despite Truce
Local Editor
Saudi Arabia violated the five-day ceasefire in Yemen just a few hours after it went into effect on Tuesday.
Just hours after the ceasefire began, Saudi warplanes carried out four raids in the western Yemeni provinces of Hajjah and al-Hudaydah late on Tuesday, which killed at least 48 people.
At least 33 people have been killed and 56 others wounded in Saudi airstrikes against a restaurant in the historical town of Zabid in the Yemeni province of al-Hudaydah.
Meanwhile, Saudi warplanes poured bombs on a prison and residential areas in Hajjah late on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 25 others.
Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh recently last week, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced his country’s decision to declare a five-day halt to its brutal attacks on Yemen. Saudi Arabia, however, violated the ceasefire in Yemen just hours after it went into effect.
Saudi Arabia began its US-led military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and to restore power to the Yemeni fugitive former president, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
According to the latest UN figures, the Saudi military campaign has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people.
