Ansarullah:

Some Parts of Yemen under Occupation of UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Rasa - Yemen's popular Ansarullah movement spokesman and chief negotiator Mohammed Abdul-Salam strongly blasted the presence of foreign troops in his country, and said Britain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have occupied several parts of Yemen.

News ID: 442075

Date: 13 December 2018 - 17:22

RNA - "The foreign forces' presence in Yemen is against Yemen's Constitution and the United Nations Security Council resolutions," Abdul Salam said.

He underlined that there is no excuse for the presence of foreign troops in Yemen as long as the country is heading for a political solution, and said, "The occupied territories are currently held by Britain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE."

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 more than 20,000 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 Fars News Agancy, Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with more than 22 million people in need and is seeing a spike in needs, fueled by ongoing conflict, a collapsing economy and diminished social services and livelihoods. The blockade on Yemen has smothered humanitarian deliveries of food and medicine to the import-dependent state.

The UN has repeatedly criticized the Saudi-UAE-led military coalition's bombing campaign and placed it on a blacklist of child rights violators last year.

A UN panel has also 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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