Yemen’s information minister says Houthis unjustly sieged Khubzah village, indiscriminately bombing

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen have unjustly sieged Khubzah village in Al-Bayda province, south of Sanaa, and are indiscriminately bombing citizens with tanks and artillery, the country’s information minister said on Wednesday.

Moammer Al-Eryani described their actions as “a fully-fledged war crime” and that they were injuring women and children in those areas and destroying several houses.

1-Terrorist Houthi militia affiliated w Iran unjust siege on Khubzah village, Al-Qurishyah, Al-Bayda, &indiscriminate bombing of citizens’ w tanks &artillery, injured women and children, and destruction of a number of houses, a full-fledged war crime
#HouthiBesiegesKhubzah

— معمر الإرياني (@ERYANIM) July 20, 2022

“Houthi’s heinous crime under UN-sponsored truce, confirms its indifference to deescalation calls and efforts to alleviate Yemenis suffering, and taking advantage of the truce to subjugate tribes that oppose them, and to subjugate them to their priestly project,” he said in a series of tweets.

3-Intl community, UN, UN &US envoys are urged to condemn this brutal attack, pressure Houthi militia to end atrocities, prosecute perpetrators in intl courts, &lift siege on Khubzah immediately, open a safe corridors for citizens,&allow treatment of injured #HouthiBesiegesKhubzah

— معمر الإرياني (@ERYANIM) July 20, 2022

He urged the international community, and the UN and US envoys, to condemn their brutal attack, pressure the Houthi militia to end atrocities, prosecute perpetrators in international courts, lift their siege on Khubzah immediately, open safe corridors for citizens, and allow the injured to receive treatment.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council expressed thanks to Saudi Arabia for providing a grant of oil derivatives to generate electricity worth $200 million, as well as the approval to contract with a company to manage and operate the Aden General Hospital at the expense of the Kingdom.