US-Saudi Aggression’s Seizure of Fuel Ships Requires Clear International Position

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Ali Al-Mushki, deplored the UN mission’s departure from the parameters of the Sweden agreement regarding the military parade and the silence in front of the violations of the US-Saudi aggression.

“The US-Saudi aggression’s seizure of fuel ships is a flagrant violation of the Sweden agreement, which stipulates the smooth flow of goods to Hodeidah and requires a clear UN position,” he said in his meeting with the Deputy Head of UN Mission, Vivien van de Beer.

In the meeting, issues related to the implementation of the Sweden agreement were discussed, such as the provision of demining equipment and the transfer of the UN inspection team to the port of Hodeidah.

As a result of the indiscriminate and excessive use of cluster bombs by the US-Saudi aggression during the past years, the impact of mines and cluster bombs continues to lead to casualties among civilians, especially children.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the claim of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

The victims of cluster bombs have reached more than 25,000 civilians since the beginning of the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen. The Director of the Executive Center for Mine Action, Brigadier General Ali Safra, has pointed out that the support and resources allocated to field clearance do not reach the level of 2% of what is required to be cleaned.

The director of the Executive Center for Mine Action Brigadier Ali Safra stated that Hodeidah, Al-Baidha’a, Marib, Al-Jawf, Nihm and Sa’adah are the most infested areas for mines and bombs, in which the aggression used the most deadly and latest military technology in the country.

He explained that the Center is continuing to work to clear areas contaminated and affected by the bombs and mines of the US-Saudi aggression, pointing out that mines and remnants – especially cluster bombs – have become a national issue and a societal problem that must be disposed.

The Executive Center for Mine Action announced the discovery of 544 mines and cluster bombs left over from the aggression during the first week of January 2022.

The Mine Center’s field work is concentrated in dangerous areas and densely populated directorates. However, the UN’s curtailment of its support programs and the coalition’s prevention of the introduction of detectors raises the specter of death that threatens the lives of women and children.