Arkivbilder från Jemen. (TT)

Saudi svartlistat: Dödat hundratals barn i Jemen

Den saudiledda koalitionen har dödat hundratals barn i flyganfall i Jemen. Därför hamnar man nu på svarta listan i en årlig FN-rapport, uppger AFP.
Enligt rapporten, som offentliggjordes i torsdags av FN:s generalsekreterare Ban Ki-moon, har 785 barn dödats och 1 168 lemlästats i landet under fjolåret. Den saudiledda koalitionen anses ha förorsakat 60 procent av fallen.
Men rapporten sågas av general Ahmed Assiri, talesman för koalitionen:
– Rapporten är obalanserad och är inte baserad på trovärdig statistik, säger han till den officiella saudiska nyhetsbyrån, enligt AFP.

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Wikipedia (en)
The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions claiming to constitute the Yemeni government, along with their supporters and allies. Houthi forces controlling the capital Sana'a and allied with forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have clashed with forces loyal to the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, based in Aden. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks, with AQAP controlling swaths of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. On 21 March, after taking over Sana'a and the Yemeni government, the Houthi-led Supreme Revolutionary Committee declared a general mobilization to overthrow Hadi and further their control by driving into southern provinces. The Houthi offensive, allied with military forces loyal to Saleh, began on the next day with fighting in Lahj governorate. By 25 March, Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat of power for Hadi's government; Hadi fled the country the same day. Concurrently, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using airstrikes to restore the former Yemeni government and the United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign. According to the UN, from March 2015 to March 2016 over 6,500 people have been killed in Yemen, including 3,218 civilians.
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