Saudi-led coalition still unable to defaeat Yemeni joint forces: Yemeni official

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In response to the Saudi-led coalition’s fatal air strikes that claimed the lives of about 14,000 people,mostly civilians , the Yemeni joint forces carried out many military operations inside and outside Yemen on April 1st, 2018.

The Yemeni joint forces launched a ballastic missile -Qaher 2- on a Saudi camp , targeted gatherings of the Saudi soldiers with artillery shelling and killed many of the southern paid fighters in Jizan front, according to the Yemeni war media.

They , in addition,raided sites of the paid fighters , carried out an offensive operation on the Saudi army’s sites and targeted gatherings of the paid fighters in Najran front.

They carried out a succesful operation , secured sites ,killed and wounded many of the paid fighters , broke down a gunmachine-50- with a guided missile , and targeted gatherings of the Saudi army and its paid fighters in Asir front, it confirmed.

According to a statement issued by a Yemeni military official, They targeted gatherings of the Saudi soldiers with artillery shelling, carried out a successful operation that resulted in killing and wounding many of the paid fighters in AL-Jawf front.

Furthermore, they destroyed a mechanism loaded with an explosive device which resulted in killing those on board , foiled an attempt of attacking ,leaving dead and wounded amid their ranks, and carried out an evining storm on the paid fighters’ sites ,which resulted in killing and wounding many of them , and targeted a military tank with a guided missile , so dead and wounded were reported in Taiz front.

Notably, they killed and wounded paid fighters, including an Emarati leader, in AL-Baida front.

They launched Grad missile on gatherings and fortifications of the paid fighters , killing many paid fighters in Lahj province.

To conclude it with Nehm front, they shot dead 10 of the paid fighters.

Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime. The Arab kingdom has also imposed a blockade on its impoverished neighbor, causing a dire humanitarian situation. 

The Saudi-led coalition has killed 14,291 civilians. Among the 14,291 killed victims are 2,086 women and 9,148 men, according to statistics approved by the Legal Center for Rights and Development.

The number of wounded has reached 22,537, of which are 2,284 women and 17,384 men, who have to accept their new reality of no longer being capable of living a normal life

Moving on to recheck on the damages inflicted by the Yemeni infrastructure, reports indicate that the Saudi regime targeted, with American intelligence support, 15 airports, 14 ports, 2,425 roads and bridges, 179 stations and power generators, 688 water tanks and networks, 410 stations & communication networks, 1,761 government institutions and 41, 3297 destroyed and damaged houses.

According to the latest statistics published by the Legal Center for Rights and Development, nearly 269 chicken and cattle farms have been bombed. In addition and amid an unprecedented famine witnessed in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition struck 307 factories, 609 commercial markets, 6,912 business establishments, 722 food stores, 596 food tankers, 349 fuel stations, 262 fuel tankers and 3,757 transporters

Almost everything is a target in Yemen, including service facilities, whereas the most recent statistics report the bombing of 903 mosques, 309 hospitals and health centers, 869 institutions and schools, 141 university facilities, 264 tourism facilities, 112 sports facilities, 35 media establishments, 216 archeological sites and finally, while imposing a fatal siege on Yemen, 2,654 agricultural fields targeted.

“Hodeida should be supporting more than 20 million Yemenis. It should be the source of at least 70 percent of all imports to Yemen,” Suze van Meegen, a protection and advocacy adviser with the Norwegian Refugee Council, told AFP.

Earlier this month, the US Congress voted against a resolution that sought to end America’s support for the war.

Last week, the administration of US President Donald Trump approved weapons sales to Saudi Arabia totaling more than $1 billion, despite growing pressure from rights groups to halt arms deals between the West and Riyadh.

Amnesty International has slammed the United States, Britain and France for their continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The UK-based rights group said the arms sales have been an “enormous harm to Yemeni civilians” over the course of the war.