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Saudi hits Yemeni civilians to seek revenge against Houthis: Analyst

Monday, 26 September 2016 6:52 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 26 September 2016 6:54 PM ]

Yemenis stand on a rooftop looking at smoke billowing from a building following a Saudi airstrike in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on September 25, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Saudi Arabia is targeting civilians in Yemen in an attempt to take revenge against Houthi Ansarullah fighters for their gains, says an analyst.

“The resistance movement headed by the Houthi has actually managed to do some pretty big headways in the provinces of Asir and Najran in Saudi Arabia and the Saudis are very fearful of the fact that many of the tribes there have actually paid allegiance to the resistance movement of Yemen,” said Catherine Shakdam, director of Shafaqna Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, in an interview with Press TV.

The analyst went on to say that the Saudis cannot understand that Yemen’s resistance movement has not only challenged them militarily but has also managed to secure victories against them.

“They [the Saudis] would rather handle human rights violations and total war crimes and crimes against humanity than they would admit that the poorest country in the world has actually managed to breach not only the richest in the world but a superpower backed by several military superpowers,” she said.

Shakdam further noted that Yemenis are trying to maintain their country’s sovereignty by any means necessary because the international community is not interested in stopping Saudi war against Yemen.

She also argued that the “burden of guilt” lies with those who have sold weapons to Saudi Arabia, namely the United States and Britain.

“You cannot expect to be selling the Saudis cluster bombs and other chemical agents and then pretend that you do not know that this is what they are using against the Yemeni civilians,” the analyst added.

Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015, with the UN putting the toll at 10,000. The offensive was launched to reinstate Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Saudi ally who has resigned as Yemen’s president.

Yemen’s army and Houthi Ansarullah fighters have been carrying out retaliatory attacks against Saudi mercenaries by hitting targets inside the kingdom.

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