Saudi Arabia violating int'l law by blocking aid to Yemen: Analyst

Press TV has conducted an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, an editor at the Pan-African News Wire, in Detroit, to get his idea on the ongoing Saudi aggression against Yemen.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: How do you feel about this continuing Saudi aggression on Yemen? The humanitarian catastrophe continues. The Saudis do not allow the humanitarian aid such as the Iranian plane that was blocked. How do you feel about the situation there?

Azikiwe: It is clearly a violation of international law, of world, of peace, of apex, of political apex to the highest degree. Here we have a monarchy that is carrying out these types of humanitarian violations, which in fact have nothing to do with the stated objectives. Their guru is to block any type of independence from Saudi Arabia, from the United States and from Israel in that region and that is the real objective of this war.

And the United States is not covering this war because they are behind it. They are refueling the Saudi aircraft which was supplied by the United States, they are providing intelligence to the Saudi [P]GCC coalition which is carrying out these aerial bombardments against the people of that area, bombing residential areas, bombing internally displaced persons’ camps. And this is clearly a violation of all any sense of decency in the international community.

Press TV: And even on the stated objectives of the Saudis, Mr. Azikiwe, how do you feel, they are doing in that regard? Because many people say they have certainly failed in their first phase and they are now in the second phase.

Azikiwe: They announced a week ago that they were suspending these airstrikes and the same day that they made this announcement, the airstrikes resumed. They are blocking humanitarian relief from getting into Yemen, in the south of the country in port city of Aden. They are carrying out all types of violations of human rights in that city. They have in fact prevented people from getting to hospitals, from getting food, from getting the necessary supplies that they need in order to survive. And this has been covered up here in the United States by the corporate media which is providing cover for the Obama administration, which is carrying out and facilitating these horrendous actions that are going on right now in Yemen. And it has nothing to do with an effort to bring back this ousted president Hadi who is extremely unpopular inside the country. They are using these Takfiri al-Qaeda groups to come in and fight against the Ansarullah movement and fight against other allies who are opposed to this Saudi and [P]GCC intervention. So, this is a hidden war here in the United States and it is good that Press TV is giving the detailed coverage of what is going on, so the world will see the true face of Saudi Arabia and this [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council backed up by the United States and the state of Israel.

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