Houthis Spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Salam has warned against a "humanitarian disaster" caused by Saudi Arabia's bombing civilian areas in north of Yemen.
In an exclusive interview with Al-Alam on Saturday evening, Abdel-Salam said Saudi Arabia's raids target civilian and densely populated areas.
"The number of the homeless has increased due to escalation of Saudi attacks, and civilians, particularly children and old people suffer lack of food, drugs and shelter in the cold season. They are deprived of all kinds of humanitarian aids," he said.
The Saudi warplanes on Saturday targeted a home of a Yemeni citizen in the Saqein region, killing members of the family and inflicting extensive damage.
Abdel-Salam described as "unjustifiable" the Saudi attacks on residential areas tens of kilometers far from the battle front.
The Houthis spokesman further rejected the Saudi claims that their warplanes only target Houthi fighters, saying the "targeted areas are populated residential districts in Sa'da, Hajje and Omran regions.
Saudi Arabia has recently intensified its attacks on villages and civilian areas within Yemen border on the pretext of targeting Houthi fighters.
The Houthis say they have no interest in opening up another front against Saudi Arabia as they are only fighting against the government in Yemen.
Houthis say the government in Sana'a has ignored their plight for so long that they had no choice but to fight against injustices.
The battle in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a and Houthi fighters.
On August 11, the Yemeni army decided to launch a major offensive, dubbed Operation Scorched Earth, against Sa'ada.
The government claims that the fighters, who are named after their leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, seek to restore the Shiite imamate system, which was overthrown in a 1962 military coup.
Source:alalam.ir/
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