Press TV has conducted an interview with Fatik al-Rodaini, a journalist and human rights activist in Sana’a, to discuss the ongoing Saudi military aggression against Yemen.
Following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: First of all, apart from just the civilian deaths that are taking place, there are many who point out that Saudi Arabia is ensuring that even aid does not get to the civilian population of Yemen. What do you make of that?
Rodaini: I think Saudi Arabia has committed lots of war crimes in Ta’izz every day. We are hearing every day about war crimes committed everywhere not only in Ta’izz but also in many places all over Yemen.
I was shocked because I heard yesterday that Saudi airstrikes killed 54 people, most of them children and women. It is not that it only happened for the first time. It happens every day, every single day. It happens in Hudaydah, in Mocha, and also in Sa’ada, where many people were killed and wounded because Saudi Arabia wanted that.
Also there is another point. I am talking about the humanitarian aid. I think nothing has arrived yet, or people in Yemen cannot have a lot of things, because the KSA targeted the Hudaydah sea port.
Press TV: Tell us a bit more about the position of those forces who are loyal to the fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi?
Rodaini: The fighting in Ta’izz … maybe there is some resistance, but there are also radical groups who are fighting with the resistance. We have seen the picture published in social media about people who were fighting with the Yemeni army, most of them slaughtered, first arrested and then they were slaughtered. I am sure there is a little bit resistance in Ta’izz but not all of them are resistance. I think radical groups like AQAP and ISIS are fighting also together with the resistance in Ta’izz.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/08/21/425734/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-Taizz-war-crimes
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