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World to blame for Saudi war on Yemen: Analyst

A Yemeni man, who was injured in a Saudi airstrike, lies in bed at a hospital burn unit on August 9, 2015 in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (AFP photo)

Press TV has conducted an interview with Jawad Fairooz, a Middle East expert in London, to discuss Saudi Arabia’s ongoing military aggression against Yemen.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

 

Press TV: Looking at the humanitarian situation that is occurring there, it wasn’t more evidence than the head of the ICRC (the International Committee of the Red Cross) who was there and said that this is one of the worst humanitarian situations ever facing a country.

You have almost all human rights organizations that have come out condemning what is happening because of the consequence of a dire humanitarian situation along with almost 5,000 deaths.

Why isn’t the world reacting, i.e. in particular the international community through organizations like the UN?

Fairooz: If we compare this war to the rest of the wars in the region, we can find this war is giving more casualties within civilians and mainly it has been targeting the infrastructure within Yemen. And unfortunately, the most blame will go toward, first of all to the Saudi regime who wants to dominate their government or whoever is following the Saudi policy in the area. At the same time the same blame will go to the international community, unfortunately the silence either through United Nations or in general international community case that the Saudis will go farther beyond any red lines.

Yes, the death casualties within the civilians is increasing more and more than any other wars in the area and I think that without a clear decision within the United Nations or who are backing the Saudis - mainly the United States and the rest of the Western countries - the Saudis will continue their bombardment and their barbarian attacks on Yemen.

Press TV: So why aren’t the countries who are supporting for example Saudi Arabia in the bombing campaign then be stopped? We are talking about, first of all, all different types of military equipment being used from bombs to aircraft and the main suppliers have been the United States and also partially the UK. Why shouldn’t those countries be warned?

Fairooz: As everyone knows the world is being controlled by these superpowers and somehow because there is a clear interest between Saudi Arabia and these Western countries especially United States and everyone knows that United States has some base in the region, it is being supported mainly by the Saudi and the rest of the [P]GCC countries, so somehow it looks like they are allowing the Saudis to expand their invasion toward certain countries, mainly Yemen, and part of it was Bahrain where everyone knows that the Saudi troops are inside Bahrain and at the same time they have clear evidence of their involvement in Lebanon, in Syria and in Iraq.

Unfortunately, there is nothing tangible we can say that there is enough pressure over the Saudis to stop their aggression in these countries but at the end I think the United Nations should do something. The resolution they passed few months back it is somehow even more encouragement to Saudi Arabia to continue its war. So this resolution should be changed and definitely without reconciliation, without negotiation between all parties in Yemen we cannot find any other solution to it. Through the war, we do not think neither the Saudis nor any of their followers can gain something inside Yemen. Maybe for short while they can have some spots here and there but at the end the political problem will not be solved, just will be solved through a round table and discussion and political solution peacefully not through war.


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