Riyadh- The spokesman for the Coalition Forces Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen Colonel Turki Al-Maliki stressed the Coalition Command's rejection of a report issued by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres containing some false data and information on children who lost their lives in the armed conflict in Yemen. The report included false, baseless information that were taken from local organizations supported by Yemen's former president. These organizations provided the UN staff with the incorrect information, Colonel Al-Maliki said, stressing such claims were not documented by image, place or time.
During the regular conference of the Joint Forces Command, Colonel Al-Maliki pointed out that the National Commission of Inquiry has mentioned in its latest reports on human rights violations that there are more than 100 cases of children who lost their lives on the battlefield where Houthi militias moved them to capital, Sana'a, and issued death certificates for them, citing that such figures contained numerous conflicting reports. The reports also showed that there are some cases whereas children at the age of 12 were recruited. Refuting the correctness of those figures, Colonel Al-Maliki said that the Coalition has reliable data that has not been exchanged with the United Nations, pointing out that there are cases of recruitment of children at the age of just eight.
Colonel Al-Maliki held Houthi militias responsible for children who lost their lives due to recruiting and sending them to the battlefield. He also said that the Yemeni government has declared its adherence to the political solution to the Yemeni crisis in the interest of the Yemeni people, citing the previous government's statement confirming that the Houthi militias have been intransigent on reaching a political solution that solves this crisis.
Al-Maliki confirmed that the UN special envoys effort to find a political solution to the crisis in Yemen and achieve the general framework for the negotiating process through sitting with the coup militias is continuing.
He cited the EU's recent statement on the position of the EU towards the interference of the Iranian regime in Yemen's affairs, and its denunciation of launching ballistic missiles by Houthi militias towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, showing identical views of the two sides.
On the Humanitarian operations, Al-Maliki said as many as 22 air, sea and land relief inlets are operating at their full capacity, with more than 26,000 permits issued so far by the Coalition Command authority.
He said one permission was issued over the last 24 hours for a vessel heading to Al-Hodeida port, citing that two other vessels spent more than 69 days at the waiting zone following an announcement by the Coalition Command that coerced the Houthi militias to clear it to make its way towards Al-Hodeida port. The Turkish vessel subject to a terrorist attack was repaired at Jazan port before entering Al-Saleef port to discharge its wheat load, he explained.
He said that as many as 25 relief trucks were sent by KSrelief deep inside Yemen, benefiting some five million in both Houthi militia or Coalition held areas.
He reported the advance on the ground of the Yemeni national army, resistance and Coalition forces, particularly with the legitimacy supporters confiscating big quantities of ammunition, and military equipment in addition to eradicating of landmines.
Giving an account on the number of ballistic missiles and projectiles launched towards the Kingdom, he said they amounted to 155 missiles and 66326 projectiles until today.