Qatari FM Asks Saudi-Led Coalition to End Adventurism in Yemen

Rasa - Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani called on the Saudi-led coalition to terminate its adventurism and attacks against Yemen, warning that the region is not able to tolerate more plights.

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Date: 07 August 2018 - 22:16

RNA - "The region can no more bear more wars and adventurism which harm people," al-Thani wrote on his twitter page on Monday, blasting the Saudi-led coalition for attacks against residential areas in Yemen.

He also called for inclusive national talks in Yemen, saying that the international community should also make a serious move to guarantee support for civilians' life.

According to Fars News Agancy, Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 17,000 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia's deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with more than 22 million people in need and is seeing a spike in needs, fuelled by ongoing conflict, a collapsing economy and diminished social services and livelihoods.

A UN panel has compiled a detailed report of civilian casualties caused by the Saudi military and its allies during their war against Yemen, saying the Riyadh-led coalition has used precision-guided munitions in its raids on civilian targets.

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