Yemen: UN slams Saudis over civilian deaths

September 26, 2016
Issue 
Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.

In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called out Saudi Arabia on September 22 for in Yemen that killed dozens of civilians, including children.

The US-backed Saudi coalition, which has been bombing Yemen since last year, struck a house in a residential area in western Yemen on September 21, killing 26 people, according to medics and residents.

“The secretary-general condemns the multiple airstrikes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on 21 September in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, which killed and injured dozens of people, including children and women,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told the Inner City Press.

Ban urged the belligerent parties to reinstate a cease-fire and to come to the table for peace negotiations, since a “political settlement that addresses the legitimate concerns of all parties remains the only viable solution to the conflict”.

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