Yemeni fighters have accused Saudi Arabia of expanding the scope of its cross border attacks into civilian areas far from the conflict zone.
Speaking to Iran's Arabic-language news channel al-Alam, Houthi fighters' spokesman Mohammad Abdessalam said on Monday that Saudi fighter jets are pounding villages kilometers inside Yemeni territory, which are away from the conflict zone, with the internationally banned white phosphorous bombs.
Houthi Shia fighters, who accuse Riyadh of supporting the Yemeni government in attacks against them, consider the Saudi tactic to hit civilians areas out of the battle zone as an attempt to expand areas involved in the war.
Over the past few days, the Saudi air force has repeatedly attacked the areas of al-Malahaid and the border region of Jabal al-Dukhan with white phosphorous bombs.
While Riyadh claims that its offensive targeted Houthi positions on 'Saudi territory', the fighters say Yemeni villages are the main target of heavy bombings and that dozens of civilians have been killed in the cross border attacks.
White phosphorus, classified as a 'chemical weapon' by US intelligence, is an incendiary material that causes horrific burns, severe injuries or death when it comes in contact with human skin. Under the Geneva Treaty of 1980, the use of white phosphorous, which erupts into flame on contact with air, as a weapon is prohibited.
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Reply: The Saudi claim that "border regions" are being attacked is unsupported by facts.. there has traditionally been no well defined Yemen / Saudi border, the Arabian desert lies between the settled parts of both countries, where the inhabitants manage their affairs as they will, without outside interference.
And what possible justification can there be for deploying white phosphorus against Yemeni villages, which are some of the oldest places of continuous human habitation on Earth!
"Houthi Shia fighters" is yet one more invention of the Zionist world press, like Al Quaida and the Taliban.. the truth is that genocidal war is being waged in the region by outlaw Saudi princelings, who are themselves, like the entire US political hierarchy, tools of the Zionist overclass!
And what possible justification can there be for deploying white phosphorus against Yemeni villages, which are some of the oldest places of continuous human habitation on Earth!
"Houthi Shia fighters" is yet one more invention of the Zionist world press, like Al Quaida and the Taliban.. the truth is that genocidal war is being waged in the region by outlaw Saudi princelings, who are themselves, like the entire US political hierarchy, tools of the Zionist overclass!