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Saudi Arabia’s Arms Depot Destroyed in Yemen’s Artillery Attacks

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Yemeni army and popular forces continued their advances against the Saudi-led forces in the kingdom’s South, destroying Riyadh’s arms and ammunition depot. The Saudi-led forces’ ammunition and arms depot in Najran province came under Yemen’s artillery attacks on Tuesday. The Saudi army’s weapons cache in al-Taleh region of Najran province was fully destroyed after it caught fire in the Yemeni forces’ artillery shelling.

Meantime, a military source close to the Yemeni army also confirmed the destruction of the Saudi-led forces’ arms depot in Yemen’s attack. The source also noted that the Yemeni army’s artillery units also pounded the Saudi-led forces’ military positions in the Northern parts of Abbaseh region. “Three Saudi soldiers were killed in exchange of fire with the Yemeni forces,” the military source added.

The Yemeni army’s snipers also killed a Saudi military man.

Ansarullah Official: Saudi-Led Coalition Attempts to Spread Different Diseases in Yemen

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A senior member of Ansarullah movement’s political council warned that the Saudi-led coalition is trying to spread different diseases in Yemen to defeat the war-torn country. “The Saudi-led coalition has destroyed all infrastructures in Yemen and has fully laid siege on the country from the sea, air and ground and this has led to the spread of diseases in Yemen, including cholera,” Zaifallah Shami told the Arabic-language al-Ahd news website on Tuesday. Noting that the coalition makes intentional attempts to spread diseases in Yemen and prevents patients from receiving necessary medical care, he said, “They want to bring the Yemeni nation to its knees by spreading diseases after they failed to do so in the battleground.”

His remarks came after UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Walad Sheikh Ahmed warned that the Yemeni people are now threatened with the danger of hunger and famine due to the long-term Saudi-led war against the poor country. “Today, there is a fear for famine and hunger for 7 million Yemenis and they are in need of rapid humanitarian aid,” Sheikh Ahmed told reporters in Tehran on Saturday after a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari. Stressing the need for sending humanitarian aid to all parts of Yemen, he complained that the UN is facing difficulties in sending aid to certain regions, including Ta’iz province. “I use this opportunity to call for reopening Sana’a airport, specially for humanitarian affairs,” Sheikh Ahmed said.

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