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| Iran condemns Saudi attack on Yemen residential areas, calls for UN probe |
| 2017-08-24 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a Saudi On Wednesday, an ...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. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... struck a two-story hotel near the capital Sana’a, killing 46 people, according to the latest tally by Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel. The fighter jets targeted a hotel in the town of Arhab, about 35 kilometers north of Sana’a, officials said. Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi called on the UN and other international bodies to investigate the killing of civilians in the attack. "The escalation of attacks on residential buildings and civilian targets and preventing relevant international bodies and organizations from delivering aid amount to the violation of humanitarian principles and standards," Qassemi said. He called on the UN and the influential countries in the Yemeni conflict to double their efforts to put an immediate halt to the attacks and guarantee the safety and security of civilians, especially children and women. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Wonder how many Iranian 'advisers' were staying at the hotel? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-24 17:10 |