Saudi Commits 4th Massacre in 24 Hours: Six Civilians Martyred, Wounded in Yemen’s Sa’ada

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06-10-2017 | 11:58

The Saudi aggression continues its massacres against unarmed Yemeni civilians, violating human rights and targeting children and women amid the series of daily crimes since the beginning of the war on Yemen in March of 2015.

 

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According to independent surveys, more than 34,000 civilians have been martyred in those massacres.

The most recent was an airstrike against Sa’ada Province in northern Yemen that martyred a child, wounded three other children and two men. It was the fourth of Saudi crimes within a period of 24 hours.

The airstrike targeted a civilian car in Sa’ada’s Baqem Directorate.

The Saudi-led aggression committed earlier three massacres and crimes against innocent people and civilians in Yemen in Baqam in Saada governorate. More than 19 citizens, including children and women, were killed and injured.

Source: Al-Ahed News

UN ADD HOUTHIS AND SAUDI-LED COALITION TO BLACK LIST FOR WAR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

06.10.2017

UN Add Houthis And Saudi-Led Coalition To Black List For War Crimes Against Children

File photo: AFP

On Friday, António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) said that the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis are responsible for most of war crimes against children in Yemen. Guterres added the both sides to the UN’s Yemen war black list.

According to Guterres report, the military operations of the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis killed or injured 1100 Yemeni child in 2016. Guterres said that the Houthis are responsible for killing or injuring 414 children, while the Saudi-led coalition is responsible for killing or injuring 683 Yemeni children mainly with airstrikes.

Guterres added that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for 73% attacks on hospitals and schools in Yemen in 2016.

Guterres revealed that the UN and Saudi Arabia are in a dialog to improve the security majors for children in Yemen. However, Guterres didn’t talk about any similar steps with the Houthis.

Only hours after the UN report, US official told Reuters news agency that the US lifted its economic sanctions against Sudan, the third biggest force in the Saudi-led coalition. Sudanese troops have been a spearhead of the Saudi-led coalition attacks in Yemen for two years now.

The US official said the US decision to left the sanctions was due to “progress on counter-terrorism and improvement on human rights” in Sudan. It’s not known yet if the US took into account the acts of Sudanese troops in Yemen when it made its decision to left the sanctions.

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