Blatant Silence: Saudi Arabia Martyrs 20 Civilians in Yemen

Local Editor 

Amid blatant international silence, the Saudi killing machine continues to slaughter Yemeni civilians.

Saudi strikes martyred at least 20 Yemeni civilians and 10 others sustained injuries in al-Hudaydah as the regime in Riyadh continues its atrocious campaign against Yemen.

According to Yemen’s al-Masirah television network, the casualties were caused after Saudi warplanes targeted a group of farmers in a vegetables market in Masoudi area of Bayt al-Faqih district of the western province on Wednesday.

The latest aerial assault came after Saudi fighter jets struck a car as it was travelling along a road in Bani Hassan area of the Abs district in Hajjah province on Sunday afternoon, leaving four people dead and another injured.

On October 13, the Saudi planes targeted two buses that were carrying civilians fleeing the port city of Hudaydah, martyring at least 17 civilians and wounding 20 others.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock has recently said  the war on Yemen has left as many as 8.4 million people in the Arab world’s already poorest nation in need of urgent food aid.

The United Nations humanitarian chief added that the war on Yemen has rendered as many as 8.4 million people in the Arab world’s already most miserable nation needful of urgent food aid.

The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen, in a statement released on October 15, announced that the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against the impoverished and conflict-plagued Arab country  has resulted in the death of 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children and 2,277 women.

A total of 23,822 civilians, among them 3,526 children and 2,587 women, have also sustained injuries, and are currently suffering from the lack of medicine, medical supplies and poor treatment due to the crippling Saudi siege.

The center further noted that the Saudi military aggression has also caused the death of nearly 2,200 Yemenis from cholera.

It highlighted that aerial assaults being conducted by the Saudi-led alliance have resulted in the destruction of 15 airports and 14 ports, and damaged 2,559 roads and bridges in addition to 781 water storage facilities, 191 power stations and 426 telecommunications towers.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team