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WFP comments on assassination of one of its staff in Taiz, local cops arrest two

2023-07-23

Yemen, amirite?

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The World Food Program of the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
(WFP) officials expressed their grief over the liquidation of one of their employees in Taiz province, southern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, on Friday.

"The WFP is deeply saddened that a dedicated staff member was killed in Yemen today (Friday) by unknown button men," a spokesperson for the WFP said in a press statement.

"We cannot comment further at this time," he added.

Gunmen in the city of al-Turbah, which is under the control of the Saudi-led coalition forces, assassinated the Jordanian WFP employee, Moayyad Saeed ‎Hameidi, who works as head of the program, with six bullets that led to his death instantly.

The coalition-controlled areas in Taiz province are witnessing major insecurity, and almost daily liquidations, in addition to armed festivities between the UAE-backed factions on the one hand, and the Saudi-backed "Islah Party" militias on the other.

Yemeni police arrest 2 suspects in killing of senior World Food Program official

[AlAhram] Yemeni police on Saturday arrested two suspects in the killing of a senior World Food Program official the previous day, authorities said.

Ten others were also detained for their alleged involvement in the killing of Moayad Hameidi, who had recently arrived in the country to take the post of the head of the World Food Program in the southwestern province of Taiz.

Taiz police did not provide further details.

On Friday, two button men riding on a cycle of violence

shot Hameidi in the town of Turbah. He died shortly after reaching a hospital. The attackers expeditiously departed at a goodly pace.

Hameidi, a Jordanian, was the latest aid worker to be killed in Yemen, which has been embroiled in a civil war since 2014. He had just arrived in Taiz a few days ago to assume his role as head of the WFP office in the province.
"Next!"
Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city and the quiet provincial capital, has been under siege by the Iran's Houthi sock puppets

...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s since 2016, as part of the country’s brutal conflict. The blockade has severely restricted freedom of movement and impeded the flow of essential goods, medicine, and humanitarian aid

to the city’s residents.

In May 2021, an aid worker with the Oxfam charity died and another was maimed when they were caught in crossfire in the country’s south.

Posted by:Fred

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