Saree: Targeting facilities, ministries will not go unpunished
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The Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson says targeting civilian facilities and ministries will not achieve the Saudi-led aggression's goal of breaking the will of the Yemeni people.
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Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree
The Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree denied Monday the Saudi-led coalition claims about using civilian areas for military purposes.
Saree described the coalition's claims as "untrue" and considered them a clear justification for targeting Yemeni civilians and civilian facilities.
He also affirmed that targeting civilian facilities and ministries will not achieve the aggression's goal in breaking the will of the Yemeni people, stressing that the Yemeni Armed Forces will respond to the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of Yemen's Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology in the country's capital, Sanaa.
ما يدعيه تحالف العدوان السعودي الإماراتي الأمريكي من إستخدام القوات المسلحة للأماكن المدنية لأغراض عسكرية عار عن الصحه ومجرد تبرير مفضوح لإستهداف المنشئات المدنية والمدنيين .
— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) February 14, 2022
ونؤكد ان إستهداف المنشآت المدنية والوزارات لن يحقق أهداف العدو في كسر ارادة الشعب ولن يمر دون رد وعقاب.
The Brigadier General's statement comes after the Saudi-led coalition bombed Monday the Yemeni Ministry with two airstrikes, Al Mayadeen's correspondent quoted a Yemeni official source as saying.
Our reporter quoted Yemeni official sources as saying that the airstrikes destroyed the Yemeni telecommunications company building and caused severe damage to the buildings adjacent to it.
In addition, the Saudi-Emirati coalition airstrikes also targeted the southern side of the Yemeni capital.
For its part, Yemen's Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology stated that the targeted telecommunications company building contained technical and basic equipment to provide international communication services and the internet.
The Ministry indicated that the airstrikes resulted in total destruction of the equipment, which caused the interruption of international communication services.
