Marib..Houthi militia targets a camp for the displaced with a ballistic missile
English - Wednesday 17 November 2021 الساعة 05:49 pm
Marib, NewsYemen:
A ballistic missile fired by the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, fell on Wednesday near a camp for the displaced, at the Harib Junction, south of the city of Marib.
Local sources reported that the Houthi militia fired a ballistic missile at the Harib junction, and it exploded near Al-Rahma camp, which houses 298 displaced families, without causing any injuries.
In the context, the Executive Unit for the Management of IDPs Camps condemned, in the strongest terms, this Houthi bombing of IDP camps, stressing that the militias did not care about the safety and lives of hundreds of children and women in the camp, days after the arrival of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator to Marib.
In an official statement, the unit called on the international community and the United Nations to put pressure on the Houthi militia to stop its systematic targeting of IDP camps and to prevent the situation from entering new phases of displacement. It also appealed to international and relief organizations operating in Yemen to move urgently to provide relief to the displaced and alleviate their suffering.
It confirmed that the Houthi militia has been randomly firing artillery shells and missiles at densely populated areas in Ma'rib Governorate since February 2021, causing mass displacement and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
The Executive Unit stressed that the Houthi militia must stop illegal attacks and allow unimpeded humanitarian access to civilians.
The statement stated that the militias committed grave violations and showed a shocking disregard for the security and safety of civilians throughout the conflict. The indiscriminate attacks with artillery and missiles launched by the Houthis on populated areas in the Marib Governorate, put the displaced and the local communities at great risk.
It pointed out that the crisis of the newly displaced has increased humanitarian needs, put pressure on host communities and public services, and exhausted the ability of the local authority to respond.
