Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Amnesty reveals Saudi strikes on Yemeni civilians


Press TV

"Amnesty International sheds light on the suffering inflicted upon civilians in northern Yemen during the joint Saudi-Yemeni offensive against the country's Houthis.

Photos taken last month by independent sources in and around the town of al-Nadir show the devastation civilian communities in the Sa'ada region went through during Saudi airstrikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen.

"This is a largely invisible conflict that has been waged behind closed doors. These images reveal the true scale and ferocity of the bombing and the impact it had on the civilians caught up in it," Philip Luther, deputy director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa program said on Tuesday.

"This information has only now come to light through Yemenis who fled the conflict and have reached other parts of the country," he added....."

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