Sana'a - Saba:
Yesterday, Monday, the US aggression launched a series of raids on the governorates of Sa'ada, Amran, Sana'a, and Jawf, committing a horrific massacre at the shelter for illegal immigrants in Sa'ada city.
At dawn on Monday, the US aggression targeted the shelter for African immigrants in Sa'ada, which is under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This resulted in the death and injury of 125 people in a complete war crime.
The Ministry of Health and Environment announced that the US attack on the shelter in Sa'ada city resulted in the death of 60 and the injury of 65 African immigrants, according to a preliminary toll.
The US aggression also launched an airstrike on the Al-Mahader area in the Sahar district of Sa'ada governorate. The aggression targeted Bilad al-Rus district with one airstrike, and the Barash area in Sana'a governorate with four airstrikes.
The US aggression launched three airstrikes on Harf Sufyan district in Amran governorate, and four airstrikes on Bart al-Anan district in Jawf governorate.
The US aggression's crime against the African Migrant Shelter was widely condemned. The local authorities in Sa'ada governorate condemned this brutal crime, stressing that these crimes are a flagrant violation of international laws, conventions, and human rights. They also add to America's long record of crimes and violations against the Yemeni people.
The National Committee for Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirmed that this aggression constitutes a full-fledged war crime and a flagrant violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, particularly the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, its 1967 Protocol, and international conventions related to the protection of illegal migrants.
The committee noted that the United States of America not only killed civilians and targeted civilian objects in Yemen, but also extended its heinous crimes to target African migrants who were housed in a shelter center operated under the knowledge and supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration.
The committee called on the international community and the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, to break their silence and condemn the crime committed by the United States against African migrants, as well as the crimes it is committing against civilians and civilian objects in Yemen, which contravene all international norms and conventions.
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights condemned this horrific crime and issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations and the international community to end their silence and take effective action to halt repeated US violations and to impose political and legal pressure on the US administration and its allies to ensure respect for international law.
Parties and civil society organizations also strongly condemned the massacre committed by the US aggression when it bombed the shelter for illegal African migrants in Sa'ada.
In separate statements received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the groups considered the US aggression's deliberate targeting of civilian objects a violation of the principles and rules of international humanitarian law, including the principles of humanity, distinction, and proportionality. These crimes constitute crimes against humanity and a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
The statements called on international organizations and the United Nations to condemn this crime and form an impartial international commission of inquiry to investigate it and other crimes committed by the US aggression in Yemen. They emphasized that this brutal aggression has revealed the true face of the United States as a global terrorist state that pays no attention to humanitarian values or international conventions.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen expressed its deep concern over reports of airstrikes that struck a migrant detention center in Sa'ada Governorate
He indicated that, according to preliminary information, the airstrikes killed 68 migrants and injured dozens, with the number likely to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. He emphasized that airstrikes pose an increasing threat to the civilian population in Yemen.
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