Saudi coalition commits 150 violations to UN truce in only 24 hours

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
9 Sep 2022 23:29
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The Saudi-led coalition of aggression has committed 55 violations in Al-Hudaydah alone in the past 24 hours.

Saudi coalition airstrike on Yemen (Archive)

A Yemeni military official said Friday that the Saudi-led coalition of aggression forces and their mercenaries committed 150 violations of the UN-brokered humanitarian and military truce during the past 24 hours, Yemeni news agency SABA reported.

The official said the coalition committed 45 violations by flying armed and reconnaissance warplanes over Marib, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Jawf, Saada, Al- Hudaydah, Al-Dhale'a, Al-Bayda, and the border fronts.

In addition, the Saudi coalition's armed reconnaissance warplanes committed three violations of the truce by targeting citizens' houses and the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees' sites in eastern Hays in Al-Hudaydah province and in Maqbana in Taiz province, according to the military official.

The official considered that the repeated violations committed by the coalition confirm its lack of credibility.

Coalition commits 55 violations in Al-Hudaydah

In the same context, a military official in the operations room to monitor violations pointed out on Friday that the Saudi-led coalition of aggression committed 55 violations in Al-Hudaydah province over the past 24 hours, SABA reported.

The official indicated that among the Saudi violations committed were airstrikes and overflights carried out by reconnaissance planes on Hays District and Al-Jabaliyah.

The Yemeni military official indicated that the violations included the creation of combat fortifications in Hays, artillery shellings, and the firing of various gunshots.

Sanaa: Won't accept any truce breach

The head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, had confirmed during his meeting with Sanaa government Defense Minister Major General Nasser Al-Atifi that "no breach of the armistice will be accepted."

Al-Mashat praised the military development witnessed by the Yemeni army, which was evident through the development in the military parades that took place in various military regions, the last of which was the majestic military parade, "The Promise of the Hereafter."

He described the Yemeni armed forces as a "safety valve for the homeland" capable of bringing down all foreign conspiracies aimed at dividing it.

On his part, Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi said that "the armed forces are ready, whether to answer the aggression's violation of the terms of the armistice or in terms of the comprehensive confrontation with the aggression coalition."

Al-Atifi pointed out that the armed forces have reached "advanced levels that will surprise the coalition of aggression if it does not take advantage of the temporary truce to end its aggression and siege."

It is noteworthy that the truce announced between the Saudi coalition and Yemen entered into force on April 2 and was extended on June 2.

At the time, the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced that "under this truce, all offensive military operations, by land, air, and sea, will cease."

He explained that the terms of the armistice agreement include facilitating the entry of 18 ships carrying fuel to the ports of Al-Hudaydah and allowing two flights to and from Sanaa airport every week.

However, the Saudi coalition continuously violates the terms of the truce, flying reconnaissance planes, shelling civilians' homes, targeting army and popular committees' sites, as well as seizing Yemeni fuel ships, and looting Yemen's wealth.