4 hours agoYemen rebels welcome UN investigation into air strikes, where over 20 children died
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The rebel group in Yemen has welcomed a UN call Friday for independent investigation of air attacks, of the Saudi-led coalition that left dozens dead the day before, including some children who have been traveling by bus. We welcome the call of [...]
“We welcome the UN Secretary General's call and we are willing to co-operate”, the leader of the Romanian rebel Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Hoth, has said through a tweet.
The International Red Cross has announced Thursday that an air strike has hit a bus full of children while traveling from a market to the province of Saada.
UN Secretary General Antónnio Guterres has condemned the attacks and called for an independent <x0->investigation” his spokesman has announced.
The coalition, which supports Yemen's government in the fight against the rebels sins, has accused the latter of using children as shields while saying the attacks were carried out in principle with international humanitarian law.
Almost 10,000 people, two-thirds of whom civilians have been killed since the navel rebels have gained control of the majority north of the state, including the capital Sanna in 2014, which has prompted the president, Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, to live on the island in Saudi Arabia.
A year later, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition has intervened in the conflict.
