Saudi-led coalition shelling kills two Yemenis
The Saudi-led coalition renews its shelling of the Shadaa District that lies on the Saudi-Yemeni borders.
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People inspect the wreckage of buildings that were damaged by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, January 18, 2022 (AP Photo)
Two civilians were killed in the Shadaa District, located in the north of Yemen, as the Saudi-led coalition renewed its shelling of the district that lies on the Yemeni-Saudi borders, Al Mayadeen's correspondent to Yemen reported on Sunday.
The area has been ongoing shelling for weeks now in light of indirect talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen regarding an armistice after their former agreement expired.
The Yemeni Ministry of Health in Sanaa government has so far documented the death and injury of 3,258 civilians, including African immigrants, as a result of the bombing of the Saudi-led coalition forces on the border areas in Saada since the beginning of the UN armistice on April 2, 2022, until the end of December of last year.
One Yemeni civilian was killed and 11 others were injured as a result of the renewed artillery shelling of the Saudi-led coalition on Shada earlier in the month.
According to the Ministry, 285 civilians were killed and 2,973 others were wounded, including African migrants, as a result of the missile and artillery shelling of the Saudi-led coalition on the border areas west of Saada.
In its latest report prepared by the end of 2022, the Yemeni Ministry of Health revealed that the Saudi-led coalition targeted civilians in the border areas of Saada Governorate directly and deliberately, through artillery shelling and machine guns. It also reported on the Saudi army torturing victims with electricity and burning acid water; practices that amount to war crimes as per international charters.
Last month, a Yemeni citizen was injured by Saudi gunfire in the border district of Shada and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
At the beginning of this month, eight civilians were killed by missile strikes and artillery shelling by the Saudi-led coalition, on the border district of Shada.
It is noteworthy that a human rights report issued late last month documented "the crimes of the US-Saudi aggression during the year 2022" and indicated that the total number of victims reached 3,083; 643 martyrs and 2,440 injuries.
