Coalition in Socotra with Yemen consent
riyadh — The deployment of joint forces of the Arab Coalition led by Saudi Arabia on the island of Socotra has been coordinated with the Yemeni legitimate government, coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al Maliki has said.
He said that the coalition welcomes the statements by tribes and sheikhs of Saada governorate who have rejected the Iranian-backed Houthi coup.
Al Maliki said the coalition command has begun operating humanitarian air bridge with two monthly flights from Sana’a to Cairo.
He lauded the efforts by the Yemeni government, the joint forces command, the World Health Organisation, in Yemen, to overcome all difficulties posed by the Houthi coup at Sana’a airport. He said the UN aircraft will transfer patients or those in need of health care from Sana’a to Cairo
Al Maliki said that the political solution in Yemen must come through the three references: the UN resolution No. 2216; the Gulf initiative and its mechanism of implementation as well as the outcome of the Yemeni national dialogue.
The spokesman reminded the Yemenis of the names of wanted terrorists from the Houthi militia who have threatened internal security in Yemen and the security of the region and the world, and that the coalition welcomes all communications received in this regard and is treated with strict confidentiality.
On the humanitarian side, Al Maliki said that the air and sea relief outlets are operating at full capacity.
Turning to the Kingdom’s contribution to humanitarian work, including the cholera control within the previous initiative, it amounted to $66.7 million, indicating that the number of beneficiaries was 22,653,842 with $ 10,959,886.
The coalition spokesman pointed out that the Houthi militia disrupted the start of vaccines for cholera patients in areas it controlled, especially with the approach of the rainy season.
He spoke about the initiative launched by King Salman Humani- tarian Aid and Relief Centre in partnership with the Comprehensive Humanitarian Support Center in Yemen.
He said that there were 45 medical cadres in the specialties of the brain, nerves, bones, spine, jaw and face.
They were transferred to Yemen in a humanitarian initiative to Marib Hospital and Cree Hospital. The spokesman said that King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre celebrated the rehabilitation of the third and fourth batch of child soldiers who were deliberately recruited by the Houthi militia of Iran into the fighting fronts.
Al Maliki said that the militia not only recruited the children but sought to force Yemeni women into the battlefield.