S Arabia using Western-made arms to kill Yemenis: Pundit

Press TV has interviewed Hafsa Kara-Mustapha, a journalist and Middle East analyst, and Richard Millett, a journalist and political commentator, both from London, to discuss a UN report about the increase of civilian deaths in Yemen due to the Saudi invasion.

Mustapha said that the Saudi kingdom is using overwhelming military might, and supplied by the latest sophisticated weaponry from the West, to pound civilian targets in Yemen.

The United States, Britain and France have openly supplied weapons and ammunitions to Saudi Arabia to attack Yemen, while the Yemeni people are fighting the Western-backed Saudis to stop the invasion of their impoverished country.

According to the latest figures announced on Friday by Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 272 civilians were killed and 543 others sustained injuries between April 11 and August 11.

Despite the fact that Saudis have overwhelming military might and inflict thousands of casualties on the Yemenis, the Riyadh regime is losing the campaign against the Yemeni people, Mustapha stated.

She also argued that the Saudis are involved in a conflict and a situation that they have no right to meddle in. She added the bombing campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies has only exacerbated the situation in impoverished neighboring state.

Ruling out the claim that says the war in Yemen is a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, she mentioned that there is no evidence, the Iranians are actively involved in fighting inside Yemen, but it is Saudi Arabia, which is attacking the Yemeni people.

Also in the Debate program, Millett said the UN report put the blame on both sides of the conflict in Yemen for civilian deaths, claiming that the Saudis are retaliating cross border attacks, which are being carried out by the Houthi fighters.

The conflict in Yemen cannot come to an end through local peace talks, but round table discussions should be held between the Middle East powers in particular Saudi Arabia and Iran, he noted.

About 10,000 people have been killed and at least 16,000 others injured since the onset of the aggression. The Saudi strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.

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