The
U.S.-supported Saudi-led coalition in Yemen carried out multiple
airstrike attacks across Yemen on Friday, Islam’s holy day.
Although the raids were not absent of casualties, today’s
airstrikes appeared to target vital civilian infrastructure rather
than human life. The continual attacks on water wells and treatment
facilities make it seem as though the U.S.-backed coalition is
attempting to trigger another massive cholera epidemic.
Last
year, over one million people contracted cholera in Yemen and over
two thousand died.
U.S.-backed
warplanes belonging to the Saudi coalition launched at least five
airstrikes on the Sana’a International Airport. The attacks took
place immediately following the departure of UN envoy, Martin
Griffith. Griffith had just met with the leader of the Yemeni
Ansarullah revolution, Abdulmalik Al-Houthi to discuss the conflict
and humanitarian disaster.
The
coalition against Yemen has hit Sana’a’s airport over 160 times
since the war began despite the fact that the Saudi-imposed blockade
forced the airport to shut down. Additional airstrikes on Friday
targeted a farm, communication tower, and plastic factory.
Coalition
planes also destroyed an important water project in Yemen’s
Hodeidah province: one of Yemen’s poorest yet most populated
epicenters as a major port city. The people of Hodediah temporarily
lost access to water. The United Nations estimates that 8.6 million
children lack access to clean water putting them at risk for deadly
illnesses like cholera.
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