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Iran condemns Saudi-led deadly airstrikes on Yemen
TEHRAN, July 17, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday strongly condemned recent deadly airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen’s provinces.
In a statement on Friday, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi expressed sympathy with the families of victims in the airstrike.
“Sadly, the war crimes committed by the coalition’s military forces in Yemen continue under the international community’s silence and indifference,” said Mousavi.
The Iranian spokesperson urged the international and human rights circles to oppose the continuation of such “crimes” by the Saudi-led coalition fighter jets against Yemen.
At least 25 people were killed on Wednesday when the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on three houses in Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf, and nine others were critically wounded in the airstrikes in al-Msaefah residential area east of al-Hazm, local medics said.
Yemen has been mired in civil war since late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi group seized control of much of the country’s north, forcing the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
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