Iran Raps Saudi Massacre of Yemeni Civilians in Hudaydah
In a statement released on Friday, Qassemi described the Thursday attacks on
civilians in Hudaydah as "the constant repetition of genocide and heinous crimes
in Yemen committed by Saudi Arabia and its allies.”
By shedding the blood of the Yemeni people and attacking civilian targets such
as hospitals, residential houses and public places, Saudi Arabia is making up
for its defeats and failures in the battlefields, the spokesman said.
Such attacks are "nothing but war crimes”, he said, adding that their
continuation on a daily basis and international organizations’ silence on such
measures have worsened the situation of the Yemeni people.
The Saudi-led coalition conducted airstrikes in Hudaydah on Thursday, killing at
least 52 people and wounding 100 others, according to the Arabic-language al-Masirah
TV.
The airstrikes took place close to the city's main public hospital, al-Thawra,
and near a popular fish market, the Yemeni officials said. The wounded, mostly
civilians, were hospitalized.
Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for
more than three years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so
far.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying
out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to
restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally
of Riyadh.
Over 16,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have lost their
lives in the deadly military campaign.
Source: Tasnim