Uhlaselo lwayizolo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Abha eSaudi Arabia lubonwa njengokunyuka okwandayo ngoku kwintsebenzo yasentshona ngokuchasene neIran emva kolu hlaselo lwangaphambili kwiMarshall Island kunye nePanama tanker kwiGulf of Oman. I-eTN ixelwe malunga Imfazwe okanye uloyiko kwiGulf of Oman kwiyure edlulileyo.

Umjukujelwa odutyulwe ngabavukeli baseHouthi baseIran wabetha iholo lokufika lenzakalisa abantu abangama-26. I-Abha sisikhululo senqwelomoya kwidolophu elikomkhulu lephondo lase-Asir eSaudi Arabia. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sineenkonzo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zasekhaya ezininzi ngaphakathi kobukumkani, nangona esi sisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya.

Abantu abalishumi elinesibhozo baphathwe kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-Abha International Airport ngenxa yokulimala kancinci kwaye abanye basiwa esibhedlele, u-Turki al-Malki, isithethi somanyano olukhokelwa ngu-Saudi olukhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia olwa nabavukeli e-Yemen.

“Abafazi abathathu, i-Yemeni, i-Indiya kunye ne-Saudi kunye nabantwana ababini base-Saudi bebephakathi kwabo benzakeleyo. Uhlaselo lwahlulwe lwaba luloyiko lokoyikisa.

Phakathi kwabanye oorhulumente, iFrance yasigxeka esi sehlo. URhulumente waseMaldives ukhuphe ingxelo egxeka kabukhali ukuhlaselwa kwemijukujelwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Abha kubukumkani baseSaudi Arabia, kujoliswe kubantu abamsulwa. Izenzo ezihlasimlis 'umzimba zobunqolobi zinempembelelo embi kwiinzame zamaqela achaphazelekayo kunye noluntu lwamazwe aphesheya lokufumana isisombululo soxolo kwiingxabano zommandla.

URhulumente waseMaldives uyabunyanzela ubumbano lwakhe nabazalwana kunye noRhulumente wase-Saudi Arabia kwaye ephinda ukuzibophelela kwakhe ngokuqinileyo ekulweni ubugrogrisi ngazo zonke iindlela nokubonakaliswa.

I-Saudi Arabia ityhola Iran Yokwenza amalungiselelo okuhlaselwa kwemijukujuku ebusuku Houthi bavukele abalwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.

Imithombo yeendaba i-Iranian Press TV ithi: Isithethi seMikhosi yase-Yemeni sithi I-US-eyakhelwe phezulu-ukuya-emoyeni imikhosi yokhuselo emiswe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Abha International kwiphondo lase-Asir elise-mzantsi-ntshona e-Asir ayikwazanga ukuwuthintela umjukujelwa wenqanawa owadutyulwa ngumkhosi wamajoni kunye nabalwi bemikhosi ethandwayo. Iikomiti kwiziko lobuchule.

Ethetha kwinkomfa yoonondaba kwikomkhulu i-Sana'a ngoLwesithathu, uBrigadiya Jikelele u-Yahya Saree uthe iprojekhthi enamaphiko ibibambe ithagethi ebekiweyo ngobunono obukhulu. Uye waphawula ukuba umjukujelwa wabetha kwinqaba yokujonga kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, esikumgama omalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-200 kumantla omda ne-Yemen kwaye sisebenza ngeendlela zasekhaya nezommandla, sibangela ukuphazamiseka okubonakalayo kuhambo lomoya.