RIYADH: Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said on Monday that the Houthi terrorist militia is continuing to target the Kingdom. A ballistic missile fired from the Houthi side toward the Kingdom was intercepted yesterday morning. He added that the Houthi terrorist militias of Iran continue to recruit children to participate in the fighting. Al-Maliki shared some of the most important points mentioned by Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy to Yemen, in his speech to the UN Security Council.
Griffiths believed that the southern issue must be dealt with, and he was about to conclude an agreement between the parties to exchange prisoners and detainees. He will visit Sanaa next week and is happy to be accompanied by the Sana’a delegation to the consultations if that is needed.
Al-Maliki also revealed what the four countries — KSA, the UAE, the US and the UK — agreed upon to support Yemen. Some of the points mentioned were establishing a technical advisory committee to stabilize the currency, supporting the Yemeni government to implement comprehensive economic reforms, and establishing a commercial facilities program under the supervision of the Central Bank of Yemen.
Houthi violations
Al-Maliki said the Houthi militia had violated international humanitarian law by indiscriminately planting mines to target civilians in the city of Al-Hodeidah.
The Houthi militia violations included bombing of schools, wheat mills and mosques with explosives and mines.
There have been 207 ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militias toward the Kingdom between March 26, 2015 and yesterday.
Humanitarian operations
Several relief ports are open for Yemen (air, sea, land), and the total number of maritime permits issued by the Joint Forces Command from March 26, 2015 to yesterday was 4,832.
Air permits for the same period were for 12,312 passengers. There were 1,166 land permits during this period. An educational campaign was launched on the islands of Al-Fasht and Balkan.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition has also made some efforts to bring back the children recruited by the Houthi militias with the participation of the Yemeni government, the Red Cross, the Human Rights Society, the Saudi Red Crescent, and the Coalition (the Child Protection Unit).
Operational objectives
The total losses of the Houthi militia sites, weapons, and equipment from Nov. 12 to yesterday was 203 and the number of dead Houthi terrorists is 817.
