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Saudi, ex-Yemeni govt. desperate to stop spotlight: Pundit

Friday, 28 September 2018 9:50 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 28 September 2018 10:17 AM ]

In this file photo taken on August 10, 2018, a Yemeni child stands next to the destroyed bus at the site of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in the province of Sa’ada, Yemen. (Photo by AFP)

The former Yemeni government and its Saudi supporters, who have committed crimes in impoverished Yemen, are seeking to covertly continue their atrocities without drawing global attention.

Scott Bennett, political commentator, told Press TV on Friday that “the world is taking the note and it is actively trying to register it.”

So, “Saudi Arabia and all concerned are aware that war crimes and the charges of war crimes are just round the corner,” Bennett argued.

“The former government officials that have been backed by Saudi Arabia are desperate to make this go away. They are desperate to try and stop all attentions, stop all spotlights from being cast upon the activities by Saudi Arabia.”

The analyst also said that the United Nations is going to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for what the Saudis and their allies have done during the years-long war in impoverished Yemen.

Amid resistance from Saudi Arabia, investigators, appointed by the United Nations’ top human rights body last year, presented a report on Wednesday, which discussed “war crimes” committed in the Saudi aggression in Yemen.