Parliament Condemns US-Saudi Crime Against Civilians in Sa’ada
The Presidency of the Yemeni Parliament condemned and strongly denounced the heinous crime committed by the Saudi border guards against defenseless citizens in Sa’ada province recently, which lies to Yemen’s extreme northwest.
The US-Saudi aggression has once again broken the terms of a UN-sponsored truce, killing and injuring as many as 17 people in a cross-border attack on Yemen.
The casualties were caused on Sunday after Saudi forces opened fire on a border area in Yemen’s Sa’ada Province. Most of the wounded, who have been transferred to a hospital in the city of Razih in the western part of the province, are in a life-threatening condition.
In a statement on Monday, the Presidency condemned the continued violation of the truce signed by the United Nations, and the repudiation of commitment to its terms.
The Presidency of the Parliament affirmed that the continuation of these violations and crimes against citizens is a blatant violation of Yemeni sovereignty and a circumvention of the terms of the truce. They are also war crimes against humanity punishable by international law, humanitarian charters and humanitarian norms.
They are a violation of one of the rites of Islam during the sacred days of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
It called on the United Nations to assume its responsibility under the laws of its establishment and the truce clauses agreements announced under its auspices.
It held the Saudi-led aggression, the United Nations and the international community humanitarian and moral responsibility for all violations and crimes committed by the coalition of aggression against the Yemeni people.
The statement strongly condemned the targeting of historical Yemeni monuments and archaeological sites, holding the relevant organizations of the United Nations, led by UNESCO, responsible for protecting mosques and historical monuments that are subjected to deliberate and systematic obliteration and distortion by the coalition of aggression and its tools.