Kuye kwaxelwa isithethi sombutho wezempi okhokelwa yi-Saudi e-Yemen ukuba umntu omnye wabulawa kwaye abantu be-21 benzakala xa i-Abha Airport yahlaselwa ngeCawa ngokuhlwa. Akazange achaze ukuba luhlobo luni lwesixhobo esisetyenzisiweyo, kodwa ijelo likamabonakude iHouthi lathi abalweli balo babejolise kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya eAbha nakwiJizan ekufutshane ngeedrones.
Lixesha lesibini isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAbha sibethwa ngaphantsi kweeveki ezi-2. Abantwana ababini babephakathi kwabemi abangama-26 abenzakeleyo nge-12 kaJuni xa umjukujelwa wokuhamba ngenqanawa owasungulwa yiHouthi wabetha iholo lokufika. I-Human Rights Watch yayigxeka njengolwaphulo-mthetho olucacileyo lwemfazwe.
Unobhala welizwe laseMelika uMichael R. Pompeo ukhuphe le ngxelo ilandelayo ekuphenduleni uhlaselo lwe-drone kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSaudi Arabia eAbha ngeCawa:
“Izolo, abavukeli baseHouthi abaxhaswa yi-Iran baqalise uhlaselo lwenqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAbha eSaudi Arabia okwesibini kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini. Iingxelo zokuqala zibonisa ukuba umntu omnye wabulawa kwaye amashumi amabini ananye enzakele. Olu hlaselo luxhaswa yi-Irani alwamkelekanga, kwaye konke kubekek' ityala ngakumbi xa kujongwe kubantu abamsulwa. Bakwabeka abantu baseMelika abahlala, basebenza, kwaye badlula eSaudi Arabia emngciphekweni.
“Simemelela iHouthis exhaswa yiIran ukuba iphelise olu hlaselo lungenankathalo noluxhokonxayo egameni lorhulumente waseIran. I-Houthis kufuneka ibandakanyeke ngendlela eyakhayo kwinkqubo yezopolitiko ekhokelwa yi-UN ukuphelisa ungquzulwano kunye nokuthobela izibophelelo abazenzayo eSweden.
"Abanye bafuna ukubonisa ingxabano yase-Yemen njengemfazwe yamakhaya ezimeleyo, ngaphandle komhlaseli ocacileyo. Akunjalo. Isasaza ungquzulwano kunye nentlekele yoluntu eyathi yaqulunqwa yaza yaqhutyelwa phambili yiRiphabhlikhi yamaSilamsi yase-Iran. Urhulumente uchithe iminyaka ekhuphela imali, izixhobo, kunye nenkxaso yamaSilamsi yoKhuseleko loKhuseleko lwabaGcini kwiHouthis. Ngalo lonke uhlaselo olwenziwe ngummeli waseIran, urhulumente uthatha olunye usuku kwirekhodi yakhe yeminyaka engamashumi amane yokusasaza ukufa kunye nesiphithiphithi kwingingqi, nangaphaya.
“Ndisandula ukuba neendibano ezinemveliso neenkokeli zaseSaudi Arabia. Ndiqinisekisile ukuba i-United States iya kuqhubeka ukuma kunye nawo onke amahlakani ethu kunye namaqabane kulo mmandla.
“Siza kuqhubeka silandela uxolo nozinzo kuMbindi Mpuma. Kwaye siza kuqhubeka nephulo lethu loxinzelelo de i-Iran iyeke ubundlobongela bayo kwaye idibane nediplomacy. "
Umbutho wamaHouthi, obizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuba nguAnsar Allah, ngumbutho wamaSilamsi oxhobe ngenkolo yobuSilamsi owavela eSa'dah emantla eYemen ngeminyaka yoo-1990. Bangabehlelo le-Zaidi, nangona intshukumo kuthiwa ikwabandakanya neSunnis.
