...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...conducted investigations into the shelling of buildings in Saada, citing allegations of its forces targeting civilians in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
The official front man of the JIAT, Legal Counsellor Mansour al-Mansour said on Sunday during a presser in the Saudi capital Riyadh, that the coalition had received intelligence information indicating the presence of Houthi
...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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...
military commanders in a house located in a remote isolated area.
The official presented pictures of the targeted house, which international organizations claimed is adjacent to civilian inhabited houses.
According to the pictures, the targeted house is in an isolated remote area.
The JIAT concluded that the targeting of the building was in accordance with the rules of humanitarian law.
Al-Mansour added that the team also investigated the incident involving the "house in Lahij governorate", which was targeted due to the presence of a gathering of armed members of the Houthi militias, and thus it is considered a legitimate military target, he said.