Kubikwe ngokhulumela umfelandawonye wamasosha aholwa yiSaudi Arabia elwa eYemen ukuthi kushone umuntu oyedwa kwalimala abangu-21 ngesikhathi kushaywa i-Abha Airport ngeSonto ebusuku. Akazange asho ukuthi hlobo luni lwesikhali esisetshenzisiwe, kodwa isiteshi sikamabonakude iHouthi sithe abalweli baso bebebhekise ezikhumulweni zezindiza e-Abha kanye naseJizan eseduze ngama-drones.
Sekungokwesibili isikhumulo sezindiza i-Abha sishaywa esikhathini esingaphansi kwamaviki ama-2. Izingane ezimbili zaziphakathi kwezakhamuzi ezingu-26 ezalimala ngoJuni 12 ngesikhathi umcibisholo othunjwa amaHouthi ushaya ihholo lokufika. I-Human Rights Watch ikugxekile njengobugebengu bempi obusobala.
UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uMichael R. Pompeo ukhiphe lesi sitatimende esilandelayo ngesikhathi ephendula ukuhlasela kwe-drone e-Abha Airport yaseSaudi Arabia ngeSonto:
“Izolo, amavukela-mbuso aseHouthi asekelwa yi-Iran ahlasele i-drone esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Abha eSaudi Arabia okwesibili esikhathini esingaphansi kwamasonto amabili. Imibiko yokuqala iveza ukuthi kushone oyedwa kwalimala abangamashumi amabili nanye. Lokhu kuhlasela okusekelwe e-Iran akwamukelekile, futhi kunecala kakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuthi kubhekiswe kubantu abangenacala. Baphinde babeke abantu baseMelika abaphilayo, abasebenza, nabadlula eSaudi Arabia engcupheni.
“Sicela amaHouthi asekelwa yi-Iran ukuthi aqede lokhu kuhlasela budedengu nokucasulayo egameni lombuso wase-Iran. AmaHouthi kufanele azibandakanye ngendlela eyakhayo enqubweni yezombangazwe eholwa yi-UN ukuze aqede ukungqubuzana futhi athobele izibopho azenza eSweden.
“Abanye bafuna ukuveza ingxabano yase-Yemen njengempi yombango engayodwa, engenamhlukumezi ocacile. Akunjalo. Isakaza izingxabano kanye nenhlekelele yobuntu eyaqanjwa futhi yaqhutshekwa yi-Islamic Republic of Iran. Umbuso uchithe iminyaka uhlanganisa imali, izikhali, kanye nosekelo lwe-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps kumaHouthis. Ngakho konke ukuhlasela okwenziwa ngummeleli wase-Irani, umbuso ufaka olunye usuku emlandweni wawo weminyaka engamashumi amane wokusabalalisa ukufa nezinxushunxushu esifundeni, nangale kwalokho.
“Ngisanda kuba nemihlangano ezuzisayo nabaholi baseSaudi Arabia. Ngiqinisekise ukuthi i-United States izoqhubeka nokuma nabo bonke ababambisene bethu nozakwethu esifundeni.
“Sizoqhubeka nokuphishekela ukuthula nozinzo eMiddle East. Futhi sizoqhubeka nomkhankaso wethu wengcindezi kuze kube yilapho i-Iran imisa isifufula sodlame futhi ihlangabezana nezingxoxo nezingxoxo. "
Inhlangano yamaHouthi, ebizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi i-Ansar Allah, iyinhlangano yamaSulumane ehlome ngenkolo yepolitiki eyavela eSa'dah enyakatho yeYemen ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Bangabehlelo le-Zaidi, nakuba inhlangano kuthiwa ihlanganisa namaSunni.
