Tag: Yemen: Scorched-Earth Campaign Against Civilians

NOVANEWS After UN-brokered peace talks between Yemen and the Saudi coalition in Geneva failed last week, the Saudi-led coalition renewed its offensive to capture Yemen’s strategic port of Hodeida, leaving scores of dead civilians in its wake. By Ahmed Abdulkareem HODEIDA, YEMEN — Not long after UN-brokered peace talks between Yemen and the Saudi coalition in Genevafailed last week, the Saudi-led coalition renewed its offensive to capture Yemen’s strategic port of Hodeida. The attacks targeted internally displaced persons, vital facilities and infrastructure– continuing a scorched earth campaign that has left scores of dead civilians in its wake. “Please doctor, save my mother, she will die!” begged nine-year-old Mohammed as he and his brother Amran stared at their dead mother, ...