Yemeni tribes join battle affter Seyyed AbdulMalik speech
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Local tribes have gathered in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a to voice their support for the Tahamah residents in their fight to hold onto Hodeidah, as the city is a lifeline for the majority of Yemen’s population. Cars containing willing fighters and supplies left Sana’a for Hodeidah on Sunday, as tribal leaders pledged to take their battle to the front lines
Nabaih Abbu Nashtan, the leader of Arhab, declared during a large tribal gathering, which also included many tribal sheiks from southern Yemen
Today, we tell the enemies that there are men headed to the coast. We are ready for the battle [of Hodeidah] on all battlefronts. We are ready for the enemies, more than they can ever imagine.”
Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition, supported by the United States and the United Kingdom, has stepped up its airstrikes against civilians and displaced people throughout Hodeidah, conducting five airstrikes on the Salif district and the island of Kamaran on Monday. Those strikes resulted in the deaths of six civilians when UAE airstrikes bombed a house in Zabid city
Another civilian was killed and six more were injured when airstrikes targeted a bus in the road between Zabaid and Al Jarahi cities. Saudi-led Coalition warplanes using U.S. munitions also bombed regional farms in the city of Bajel. Another Saudi bombing in Sa’ada, in the north of Yemen, killed two children and injured two more, while artillery targeted the Shada and Baqim districts also in the northern Province of Sa’ada, where there were no immediate reports of possible casualties
According to a statement of the Coast Guard Department obtained more than 97 Yemeni fishermen have been killed and 47 injured by coalition warplanes and warships around Hodeidah since the beginning of 2017. Over that same time frame, 34 fishing boats have been destroyed. Furthermore, Saudi warships have detained 477 fisherman, 100 of whom continue to be detained along with 45 of their fishing boats, according to information from Yemen’s Coast Guard
a report for Mintpress
Since 2015, when the U.S.-Saudi-led coalition launched its military campaign against Yemen, about 15,000 civilians have been killed and 3,000 injured, according new statistics made available by The Legal Center for Rights and Development
The Center revealed sever impact of US-Saudi Aggression on the infrastructure and services side. It listed the destruction of 15 airports, 14 ports and 2,512 roads and bridges. The list continues including 727 water tanks and irrigation networks, 185 power stations and generators. The telecommunication services have been systematically targeted, 421 telecom towers and Centrals, which caused important vital installations to go out of coverage
The Center pointed out that the aggression destroyed more than 414,547 houses, 1,797 government facilities, 917 mosques, 882 schools and institutes and bombed 318 hospitals and health facility. In addition to destroying 147 university facilities, 36 media facilities, 219 archaeological sites, 271 tourism facilities and 112 sports facility