The OIC rights commission has strongly condemned attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah (Houthi) movement on airports and civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, saying they may constitute war crimes. According to the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA), the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation issued the statement from Jeddah on Saturday.
What the OIC rights commission said
The commission said missile attacks between 6 and 8 October on Abha International Airport and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, including strikes on airport facilities and a civilian aircraft, killed three Saudi citizens and three foreign nationals and injured at least 36 people. Targeting civilians, civilian airports and commercial aircraft violates international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution, it said, calling on the UN and the international community to act. On October 7, the OIC General Secretariat had described the attacks as a “dangerous escalation” and declared full solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
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Meanwhile, Anadolu Agency reported that Ansarullah-affiliated Al-Masirah TV said on Saturday that Saudi aircraft carried out four airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport and three strikes on a telecommunications network in Al Mahabishah, Hajjah province; there was no immediate Saudi comment. According to Al Jazeera, UN figures show at least 46 civilians killed and more than 130 injured in Yemen since August, many of them children. The OIC commission’s statement did not refer to civilian casualties inside Yemen.
Sources: UNA (OIC), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Anadolu Agency, Al Jazeera
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