SADA: Saudi-led coalition denied taking any action on Saturday air raid on a prison Aid groups in Yemen’s rebel-held north said at least 70 people were killed, including migrants, women and children.
The coalition claimed that the military coalition ordered the raid, which reduced buildings to rubble and that rescuers were scratching for survivors with their bare hands, were “baseless”.
The attack, which coincided with a coalition strike at the Yemeni port of Hodeida, killed three children and knocked out The poor country’s internet was condemned by the UN Secretary General.
But “these claims adopted by the militias are baseless and baseless”, said coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki, referring to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Iran says attacks have made it more difficult to achieve just peace in the country
This week has seen a dramatic surge in conflict, which has already killed thousands and displaced millions in what the United Nations called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
In a March 2015 Saudi-led intervention – backed by the US, France and Britain – rebels seized the capital Sanaa in 2014. It was intended to last only a few weeks.
Yemen’s resolute, latest violence in the seven-year war comes after Iran-backed Houthis claimed Monday first fatal attack In Abu Dhabi, the capital of the coalition partner of the United Arab Emirates.
The Houthis took the war to a new stage by claiming a drone and missile attack killed three people, with the UAE admitting the first deadly attack inside its borders and threatening retaliation.
In a meeting on Friday, the UN Security Council unanimously condemned the “heinous terrorist attacks” on Abu Dhabi, but the council’s Norwegian president also condemned the attacks on Yemen.
In a later statement, UN chief Antonio Guterres “reminds all parties that attacks directed against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited by international humanitarian law”.
Tehran’s warning
Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Saturday that Iran condemned the recent airstrikes in Houthi-held areas and warned that they had “made the path to achieving just peace in the country even more difficult”.
Saudi Arabia accused regional rival Iran of providing military aid to the Houthis, especially missiles and rockets, a claim Tehran denies.
Khatibzadeh said there was a lack of “serious determination to pursue a political solution to the Yemeni crisis”, warning that it would lead to “the destruction of the country and instability in the region”.
The Houthis have warned foreign companies to leave the “unsafe” UAE, a veiled threat of retaliation strikes after Friday’s attacks. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari warned, “We recommend leaving foreign companies in the emirate because they invest in an unsafe country and the rulers of this country continue their aggression against Yemen.”
Published in Dawn, January 23, 2022