How Saudi Arabia hits Yemenis with cholera : International organization
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The blockade imposed by Saudi-led coalition on Yemen has aggravated the current deteriorating conditions of civilians and resulted in spreading diseases and epidemics such as cholera, head of international operations at Médecins du Monde (Doctors of The World) organization, Jean-Francois Corty, said.
“There are about one million cases of cholanera in Yemen so far,” said Corty, noting that the coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia bear responsibility for majority of the humanitarian violations through hitting hospitals, medical centers and schools.
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,according to the latest statistics published by the Legal Center for Rights and Development.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and a coalition of its regional allies — mainly the united Arab Emirates and Jordan — started a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people later, the war has yielded little to that effect.
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.
Mattis made a statement, a $1 billion weapons deal to Saudi Arabia was announced on the same day. Along with the $100 billion weapons deal signed between Washington and Riyadh last year, this will obviously further empower Saudi’s military campaign on Yemen, which Mattis supposedly wants to end.