Saudi-led coalition steps up attacks ahead of Sweden peace talks: Spokesman

SANAA, Dec. 5 (YPA) – Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday stepped up air and ground attacks on Yemen ahead of peace consultations sponsored by the United Nations in Sweden, army spokesman Yahya Sarie said.

The coalition launched over 69 airstrikes and dozens of ground attacks on Yemeni territories over the past 12 hours, he told state Saba news agency.

The attacks concentrated on Jizan, Bayda, Hodeidah, Dhelea and Marib province.

“The coalition’s attacks came simultaneously with the beginning of the UN-backed peace consultations in Sweden and that contradict with the peace efforts,” Sarie said.

The spokesman, however, said the Yemeni army repelled all the attacks, killing and injuring scores of the militiamen, including Sudanese soldiers.

The spokesman stressed that the Yemeni army has the right to respond to any military escalation by the coalition.

Ali Ahsan