Iran Press/ Middle East: Three Yemeni civilians were killed and seven others, including women and children were wounded in the Saudi airstrikes on the port city of Hudaydah, as well as the province of Saada on Saturday. Saudi fighter jets bombed a residential area near Dar al-Salam Hospital at al-Houk district in Hudaydah province, according to an Iran Press report.
In a separate round of drones’ attack on four residential units in Hudaydah two people were killed and four others wounded.
Also a Yemeni child was gunned down and another was wounded by the Saudi mercenaries in Al-Tahyta, Hudaydah province, where violent clashes between Yemeni army backed by popular committee forces and Saudi backed mercenaries erupted.
Saudi airstrikes and supporting war in the ground on Hudaydah as the only port which humanitarian aid flows to the country led to warnings by UN aid officials. Mark Lowcock warned on Saturday that Yemen is “on the brink of a major catastrophe,” as the world body pushes for peace talks in the war-wracked country.
Meanwhile when the two-warring Yemeni sides agreed to engage in a new peace talks sponsored by the United Nations (UN) in Sweden over the next few days in a fresh attempt to end almost four years of fighting, Saudi Arabia has stepped up its attacks on Hudaydah, in order to gain the upper hand in the upcoming 'peace talks'.
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Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing back the government of Hadi back to power and crushing the country’s Houthi Ansarullah movement.
Some 16,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of the Saudi-led aggression.
The assaults of the Saudi-led coalition forces have failed to stop the Yemenis from resisting the aggression. Recently, the Yemeni army unveiled its home-made underground missile launching pads.
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US to balances the situation for Saudis "will continue backing" the Saudi-led war on Yemen, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday, despite a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country and outrage over the kingdom in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
The secretary of state's comments reaffirming continued support for the bombing campaign come amid new pleas "to halt all military support".
Meanwhile, Upcoming UN-sponsored talks raise hopes in Yemen. High-ranking leaders of the Houthi Ansarullh movement based in Sanaa pledged to dispatch delegates to Sweden's peace negotiations.
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Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of Houthi Higher Revolutionary Committee, said in his official Twitter account that "our delegation will be in Sweden on Dec. 3, if guarantees remain to ensure that they can depart and return to Yemen."
The UN has listed Yemen as the world's number one humanitarian crisis, with seven million Yemenis on the brink of famine and cholera causing more than 2,000 deaths. 205/204
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