AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The United Nations has strongly condemned the recent attack against a popular market in Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’adah, describing it as the third deadly assault on the same location in just over a month, without saying who was responsible for the incident or what weaponry was used.
The world body said in a statement that the attack on Ar-Raqou market in the Munabbih district of the province on Tuesday claimed the lives of seventeen civilians, and that there were 12 Ethiopian migrants among the fallen victims.
“The attacks on Ar-Raqou market raise deeply troubling questions about the commitment of the parties to the conflict to uphold international humanitarian law,” Lise Grande, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, said.
“Every attack of this kind is a gross violation,” she added.
Back on November 22, a Saudi-led attack on Ar-Raqou market killed 10 civilians, again including Ethiopian nationals.
At least another 10 civilians were killed and 22 wounded in a second such incident just days later, according to the United Nations.
Meanwhile, the US-Saudi aggression announced on Thursday it would investigate the assault.
Coalition of aggression spokesman Turki al-Malki, in a statement carried by Saudi state-run news agency SPA, said an initial review of the operation in Sa’adah indicated possible “incidental losses and collateral damage.”
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source : Almasirah
Friday
27 December 2019
12:16:44 PM
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The United Nations has strongly condemned the recent attack against a popular market in Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’adah, describing it as the third deadly assault on the same location in just over a month, without saying who was responsible for the incident or what weaponry was used.