Yemeni Human Rights Groups Condemn Sa'ada Bombings 50 Civilians Murdered In Yemen
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:57:16 GMT
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A file photo shows a woman carrying a baby outside a tent at
a refugee camp near the border with Yemen. Thousands of
people have been forced to leave their homes near the Yemeni
border after the Yemeni military offensive began.
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Yemeni human rights groups have condemned orchestrated air
raids by Yemeni, Saudi and the US forces against civilians
in the northern province of Sa'ada.
The groups said the attacks, which have killed scores of
civilians including women and children, amounted to "war
crimes."
The Yemeni National NGO Coalition for Child Rights Care and
the Yemeni Center for Human Rights also called on the Yemeni
and Saudi governments to stop the attacks.
The groups also urged Sana'a and Riyadh to take measures in
order to open an investigation into the war crimes against
civilians.
The Yemeni military has launched a major offensive, dubbed
'Operation Scorched Earth', against Houthi Shias in the
northern sector of the country.
The government accuses the fighters led by Abdul Malik al-
Houthi of seeking to restore the imamate system, which was
overthrown in a 1962 coup.
The Houthis, however, argue that they are defending their
rights against government marginalization, a policy which
they believe has been adopted under pressure from Saudi-
backed Wahhabi extremists.
The Saudi Arabian government has added to the problem by
launching its own offensive against northern Yemen.
The US military is also said to raid Yemen's northern rugged
regions of Amran, Hajjah and Sa'ada which have already been
the target of joint Saudi-Yemen offensives.
According to UN estimates, during the past five years, up to
175,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in
Sa'ada to take refuge in overcrowded camps set up by the
international body.
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Saudi army 'kills' 50 civilians in Yemen
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:07:02 GMT
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Houthi fighters in Yemen said Tuesday a dozen airstrikes
carried out by Saudi warplanes have left more 50 civilians
dead in the northern villages.
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Based on a report released by the fighters, Saudi forces hit
the northern villages with "hundreds of rockets", killing at
least 50 civilians overnight.
The report said the Saudi army also used its ground forces
to push into a district inside Yemen on Monday.
The fighters claimed they took "full control of the Al-
Jamrah Saudi military post" along the border, seizing
weapons, communication material, military vehicles and
surveillance equipment.
The raids, however, continue with artillery bombardment,
tank raids and mortar attacks on the northern areas, the
Houthis said.
Riyadh joined Yemen's offensive against the Houthi fighters
in November and vowed to continue its raids until they move
back from the frontier between Yemen and the kingdom.
The fighters accuse Riyadh of targeting civilian areas far
from the Saudi-Yemeni border. They say the attacks have so
far left scores of civilians killed and thousands of others
displaced.
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Houthis seize full control of Saudi border post
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:35:17 GMT
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Houthi fighters in northern Yemen say they have seized
control of a Saudi military post along the border between
the two countries where Saudi and Yemeni forces are waging a
campaign to uproot them.
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According to a report released by Hezbollah's al-Manar
television network, Houthis have seized "full control of the
Al-Jamrah Saudi military post" as well as weapons,
communication material, military vehicles and surveillance
equipment.
The report added that the northern Yemen's Shia fighters
overran the Saudi post on Monday and forced soldiers to
flee. The post is said to be located in close proximity to
al-Khoba in Saudi Arabia's southern province of Jizan.
Meanwhile, Houthi fighters have managed to repulse Saudi
forces trying to infiltrate into the rugged Sa'ada province
in northern Yemen, after killing an unspecified number of
Saudi soldiers.
Houthis said they pushed back Saudi troops from Shada border
region in northern Yemen on the border with oil-rich Saudi-
Arabia, and also set four Saudi military vehicles ablaze.
Houthi fighters also resisted a Yemeni military infiltration
into Jebel Dhar al-Hamar region.
The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a
and Houthi fighters. The conflict intensified in August 2009
when the Yemeni army launched Operation Scorched Earth in an
attempt to crush the fighters in the northern province of
Sa'ada.
The Houthis accuse the Yemeni government of violation of
their civil rights, political, economic and religious
marginalization as well as large-scale corruption.
This is while in addition to the Yemeni government, Saudi
Arabia also pounds the Houthis. The Houthis say that Saudi
forces strike Yemeni villages and indiscriminately target
civilians. According to the fighters, Saudis use toxic
materials, including white phosphorus bombs, against
civilians in northern Yemen.
The US military is also said to be involved in bombing
Yemen's northern rugged regions of Amran, Hajjah and Sa'ada.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that since
2004, up to 175,000 people have been forced to leave their
homes in Sa'ada and take refuge at overcrowded camps set up
by the United Nations.
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