Responsibility for Civilian Casualties in Yemen

The fact is, though, that you bombed the, uh, civilian

airport. It was the Houthis who bombed the civilian

airport.

So I'm not asking about Saudi action at the moment, and for more

than 10 years we've reported at length and extensively,

uh, about the actions of Saudi Arabia in, uh,

Yemen. I'm now asking you about your

responsibility and what

you have done, what the Houthis have done, uh, to these civilian sites

where Muslim pilgrims, civilians were killed at that

airport.

Again, we lay all the responsibility on, uh, Saudi Arabia

because, uh, they are the ones who started the targeting

Sana′a. They are the ones who started, uh, this, uh,

aggression in 2015.

We have, uh, gone through many ways to actually

achieve, achieve

peace and, uh, go through talks with the Saudis,

but they refuse

to end the war. They refuse to end the blocking.

Saudi Arabia wants to continue forbidding the, the

Yemeni people from defending themselves, and there are millions of

Yemenis that, uh, face death, uh, indirectly because of the Saudi

blockage.

Well, from what we can see, and the footage we have seen, is that

civilians have been killed and targeted.

You don't wanna take responsibility for that action, and like I said, we have

reported at length the actions of Saudi Arabia in Yemen

and the killing of civilians. I'm not asking you about, uh,

what the Saudis

are doing. I'm asking you whether you take

responsibility for the

action, and you're saying that you don't.

What do you say to the innocent civilians and their family

members who are mourning the loss and the death, uh,

of, of their families who've been killed as a

result of Houthi

action, uh, in the last few days?

Uh, our goal, our intention, our target is not to kill

civilians. Our target is to, uh, impose,

uh, an, an air blockade for the Saudis.

We have actually warned, uh, Saudi Arabia directly.

We warned, uh, the, uh, all the international airlines.

We warned everyone that all Saudi Arabia airports

have become a legitimate Yemeni military target that

should not be used. But they, they did not listen to

our warnings. You know, our airports, uh, have, uh, have been a milit-

uh, a Saudi military target for years and, uh, we do not,

uh, we do not use them anymore. Uh, we, we, we

actually feel, uh, very sad regarding the civilian

casualties. We are truly sorry for them, but we do not bear

responsibility for the death. The responsibility is borne on the

Saudis.