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Yemen update 7\11\2015..ceasefire collapses
Saturday, July 11, 2015 13:57
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Saudi warplanes bomb Yemeni cities of Sana’a and Taizz
Yemen: New UN humanitarian ceasefire collapses
Saudi Arabia violates Yemen truce
Nearly a dozen killed in US drone attacks in Yemen’s southeast
Ansarullah Warns to Attack Saudi Oil, Gas Fields in Retaliation
A senior commander of Ansarullah warned that the
revolutionary movement will target Saudi oil and gas fields if the
monarchy continues to violate the UN-sponsored ceasefire.
“We
will target the the oil-rich areas of Saudi Arabia if the Riyadh
government continues to attack Yemen and will change all economic
equations in the region,” the Ansarullah commander told FNA on Saturday.
will target the the oil-rich areas of Saudi Arabia if the Riyadh
government continues to attack Yemen and will change all economic
equations in the region,” the Ansarullah commander told FNA on Saturday.
He reiterated that attacking Saudi Arabia’s oil
fields is, meantime, tantamount to attacking the root of terrorism,
specially the ISIL, Israel and the US because the Saudi economy supports
terrorism in the region.
fields is, meantime, tantamount to attacking the root of terrorism,
specially the ISIL, Israel and the US because the Saudi economy supports
terrorism in the region.
Earlier today, Saudi fighter jets attacked two
Yemeni oil tankers in the Gulf of Aden minutes after the start of a
UN-sponsored truce.
Yemeni oil tankers in the Gulf of Aden minutes after the start of a
UN-sponsored truce.
The Saudi fighter jets breached the UN truce on the very first day by hitting Yemen’s infrastructures and schools.
The air raids continued when the kingdom’s fighter
jets targeted Yemen’s oil tankers and a vehicle carrying women in
Al-Beyza highway, al-Ahd news website reported today.
jets targeted Yemen’s oil tankers and a vehicle carrying women in
Al-Beyza highway, al-Ahd news website reported today.
Mohammad al-Bukhaiti, a senior Ansarullah leader,
said that the Saudi regime have repeatedly violated the UN-sponsored
truce in its first day by bombarding different parts of Yemen on
Saturday.
said that the Saudi regime have repeatedly violated the UN-sponsored
truce in its first day by bombarding different parts of Yemen on
Saturday.
Hours later, Yemen’s army warned that they would
give a crushing response to any violation of the declared ceasefire by
the Saudi army.
give a crushing response to any violation of the declared ceasefire by
the Saudi army.
“The Yemeni armed forces will respond to the
aggressors by all means if they violate the ceasefire,” Yemeni Army
Spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman said.
aggressors by all means if they violate the ceasefire,” Yemeni Army
Spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman said.
Brigadier General Luqman said that the
international community and the UN are duty-bound to restore ceasefire
in Yemen, specially under the present conditions that Saudi Arabia
insists on continuing its airstrikes on the Yemeni people.
international community and the UN are duty-bound to restore ceasefire
in Yemen, specially under the present conditions that Saudi Arabia
insists on continuing its airstrikes on the Yemeni people.
The UN announced a five-day ceasefire in Yemen on Friday, but the Saudi warplanes have violated the truce several times.
Fresh air raids conducted by Saudi Arabia against
Yemen claimed the lives of dozens of people, and injured many more in
the last two days in violation of a UN-sponsored truce.
Yemen claimed the lives of dozens of people, and injured many more in
the last two days in violation of a UN-sponsored truce.
Saudi warplanes bombed a police station in
Al-Radhma district in the province of Ibb after the truce came into
force early Saturday.
Al-Radhma district in the province of Ibb after the truce came into
force early Saturday.
Saudi fighter jets also continued pounding areas
across Yemen on Friday as reports showed that eight people were killed
during an attack on a school in al-Hamra district in the province of
Lahij.
across Yemen on Friday as reports showed that eight people were killed
during an attack on a school in al-Hamra district in the province of
Lahij.
Scores of people were also injured in the strike
on a school, which hosted families of refugees and those who have lost
their homes in the Saudi attacks over the past weeks.
on a school, which hosted families of refugees and those who have lost
their homes in the Saudi attacks over the past weeks.
According to reports, the school’s building was completely destroyed and the nearby buildings were also damaged.
Meanwhile, at least seven civilians were killed
and 10 others, all women and children, were wounded in a Saudi air raid
on Sanhan district in the province of Sana’a on Friday.
and 10 others, all women and children, were wounded in a Saudi air raid
on Sanhan district in the province of Sana’a on Friday.
A truck driver was also killed after Saudi jets
targeted it in the province of Shabwa. A passing car was destroyed in
the attack as well, killing three civilians.
targeted it in the province of Shabwa. A passing car was destroyed in
the attack as well, killing three civilians.
Another civilian was also killed in a Saudi airstrike in Hajjah province.
Meanwhile, one person was killed and 27 others
injured after Saudi jets dropped bombs on an educational complex in Al
Manar district in Dhamar Province.
injured after Saudi jets dropped bombs on an educational complex in Al
Manar district in Dhamar Province.
Furthermore, at least two people were reportedly
killed after Saudi fighter jets attacked a German aid convoy in the
province of Sa’ada.
killed after Saudi fighter jets attacked a German aid convoy in the
province of Sa’ada.
Saudi Arabia’s relentless aerial campaign against
the impoverished Arab country continued into the early hours of Saturday
morning, with Saudi warplanes hitting areas across the Yemeni provinces
of Ta’izz, Aden, Hajjah and Lahij.
the impoverished Arab country continued into the early hours of Saturday
morning, with Saudi warplanes hitting areas across the Yemeni provinces
of Ta’izz, Aden, Hajjah and Lahij.
The UN announced on Thursday that a humanitarian
truce would come into force in Yemen to allow the delivery of urgently
needed aid to civilians.
truce would come into force in Yemen to allow the delivery of urgently
needed aid to civilians.
The ceasefire came into force at 23:59 local time
(2059 GMT) on Friday and will run up to the end of the holy month of
Ramadan on July 17.
(2059 GMT) on Friday and will run up to the end of the holy month of
Ramadan on July 17.
Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen in the last 108 days to bring its ally, fugitive president Mansour Hadi, back to power.
The airstrikes have so far claimed the lives of more than 5,051 civilians, mostly women and children.
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