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UN acting as Saudis political wing in Yemen: Analyst

Smoke billows following an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a Houthi-controlled army camp on May 12, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. ©AFP

Press TV has conducted an interview with Hussain al-Bukhaiti, a Yemeni activist and political commentator from Sana'a, to investigate the reports about heavy fighting between Yemen’s Ansarullah forces and troops loyal to the Saudi-backed fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Tell us a bit more about this surprise attack. What does it mean and what is it hope to achieve?

Al-Bukhaiti: Actually this attack the Saudi has been conducting in north of Hajjah especially on the city of Midi, show you as soon as talks started by the UN about this ceasefire the Saudi has conducted in the last 72 hours three massive attacks to take Midi city and take all the surrounding area with north of Hajja and it shows that all these kind of concert about the talks are just cover for the Saudi new campaign in Yemen and we all remember that the invasion of Aden happened during the ceasefire and as well the massive attack that happened on al-Jawf months ago was as well during the ceasefire.

This show you that the UN is becoming as I said and I say again a political wing for the Saudi to cover for their crime. Just one hour and half ago a Saudi fighter jet has conducted an airstrike on a traveling car in Taizz killing 13 civilians including woman and children. I haven’t seen any I mean the Saudi has not stopped any of their attack during all the previous ceasefires and now even though they have a kind of ceasefire with Ansarullah and the Houthis in the Saudi border, they still keep continue targeting civilians and keep trying to gain more ground that they could may be use as pressure in any future talks.

Press TV : Right now Mr. Bukhaiti in the past we have discussed with you and here on Press TV of course the Saudi attacks, the possibility of some form of peace talks, ceasefire, however, one year on it is obviously hard to forget the human cost of these attacks. Now, there are some human rights agencies, the UN slowly waking up to the disaster that has been making in Yemen. However, you are on the ground, you have been living through this war. What is the situation like?

Al-Bukhaiti: From the beginning of the attack, we have for example no electricity and you know that hospitals in Yemen and medical clinics depend on electricity to provide their health services to the Yemeni people and as well we have a lack or shortage in fuel because of the Saudi blockade. So, even though those hospitals have generators they cannot afford the cost of oil at this time. So, this is directly affecting the most vulnerable people in Yemen and we have just seen the latest report of UNICEF that was released I believe two days ago. It has said that there are ten thousands children who died because of the lack of health services and shortages.

So, those ten thousand children died because of this blockade of this Saudi war in Yemen and of the Saudi targeting all infrastructure and all health facilities. We always hear only the number that are killed directly by the Saudi airstrike, this number is actually may be three hundred time more are killed because of the blockade and the lack of health and public services because the Saudi from the beginning of the war has destroyed all Yemeni infrastructure. They have destroyed all bridges, all roads, power stations, fourteen airport were destroyed, all Yemeni ports as well are targeted, wheat silos, schools, 650 mosques and above 2000 chicken farms. So, you just imagine the amount of destruction. Yemen has a weak infrastructure and the Saudi has come and they have destroyed what is left of it.   


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