Izindiza zomfelandawonye waseSaudi Arabia ziqhumisa ngamabhomu izindawo zabavukeli baseHouthi eYemen ziya ngokuya ziphendukela kuzo I-US Air Force amathangi ukuze axhase ukugcwalisa uphethiloli cishe eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuqala kwengxabano.
Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2015, i-Air Force ifake amathangi angu-1,778 ukuze asebenze, okhulumela i-Air Forces Central Command uCapt. Kathleen Atanasoff utshele i-Military.com ngoLwesibili. Lokho kuhlanganisa abangu-1,069 360 onyakeni odlule, ukwanda okungamaphesenti angu-50, noma amaphesenti angu-XNUMX, kusukela ku-709 esikhathini esedlule.
"Le misebenzi iyaqhubeka, nokugcwala kwezindiza nsuku zonke," kusho u-Atanasoff ku-imeyili.
Amathangi esevisi afana nalawa KC-135 Stratotankers futhi KC-10 Extenders ubambe iqhaza "emicimbini" yokugcwalisa i-7,564 ngezindiza zomfelandawonye, "cishe amakhilogremu ayizigidi ezingama-54 kaphethiloli alayishiwe ukusekela imisebenzi yaseSaudi eYemen," kusho u-Atanasoff.
Izinombolo zokuthela uphethiloli zilandelelwa ngomyalo kodwa, ngokungafani nezibalo zeziteleka nokuhlubuka ngokumelene ne-Islamic State kanye ne-Taliban, azikhishwa esidlangalaleni ngomyalo. airpower summary amaqiniso.
Ukuzibandakanya kwe-Air Force nokuhlasela kwezindiza zaseSaudi eYemen kwabhekisisa kahle ngo-Okthoba ngemuva kokuba oyedwa eshayisa ihholo lomngcwabo elaligcwele abantu ababekhala eSanaa, kwashona abantu abangaphezu kuka-150 kwalimala amakhulu, ngokusho kweNew York Times. Lesi sigameko senze i-US ukuthi yethule ukubuyekezwa ngokushesha kwemisebenzi yayo yokweseka umfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi, kubika i Times.
Izikhulu zase-US Central Command zithe i-US ihlinzeka kuphela ngosizo lwe-refueling endizeni yomfelandawonye waseSaudi. "Asikaze sinikeze noma yiluphi uhlobo lobuhlakani bokuqhuba iziteleka," kusho uMaj. Josh Jacques, isikhulu sabezindaba eCentCom, etshela i-Military.com. ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngokusho kweYemen Data Project, indikimba ezimele yabacwaningi, izifundiswa kanye nabameleli bamalungelo abantu, ngaphezu kuka-8,600 ukuhlaselwa komoya kwenzeka phakathi kukaMashi 2015 no-Agasti 2016 eYemen - okungaphezu kwe-3,150 eshaya izindawo ezingezona ezempi, njengoba kushiwo yi-The Guardian.
ISaudi Arabia iziphikisa izimangalo ngokuthi "ziyihaba kakhulu," I-Guardian yabika ngoSepthemba.
Impi yaqala ukuba sematheni ngentwasahlobo ka-2015, lapho amavukelambuso aseHouthi - amasosha amelene nohulumeni ahambisana nowayengumongameli owaxoshwa u-Ali Abdullah Saleh - ekhishwa esikhundleni sakhe eduze kwedolobha elisethekwini i-Aden ngumfelandawonye, ohlanganisa i-United Arab Emirates, eGibhithe. Qatar kanye Kuwait.
Naphezu kwendima ethule ye-US empini, isiphenduke inhloso yabagxeki, ngokusho kukaWilliam Picard, umqondisi omkhulu we-Yemen Peace Project, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo eyasungulwa ngo-2010 ukuphendula ubunzima obukhulayo bobuntu.
"Imishini yase-US yokufaka uphethiloli isiphenduke isizinda salabo abaphikisana nokubandakanyeka kweMelika kule mpi," kusho uPicard ngoLwesibili esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ku-Military.com.
"I-Yemen Peace Project iyingxenye yomfelandawonye omkhulu wezinhlangano zokumela ezizinze e-US kanye nezamazwe ngamazwe ezifuna kuphele ukusekelwa kwe-US kwezimpahla nezinto ezibonakalayo ekungeneleleni okuholwa yiSaudi," esho.
"I-US ibilokhu, futhi isaqhubeka nokubambambiqhaza obalulekile ohlelweni lokuthula oluxhaswe yi-UN," kusho uPicard. “Iqhaza layo lezempi ezingxabanweni libukela phansi lelo nqubo futhi liqhubekisela phambili ubutha. Le mpi ibangela izinhlekelele ezimbi kakhulu zobuntu emhlabeni.”
- U-Oriana Pawlyk angafinyelelwa ku- oriana.pawlyk@military.com. Mlandele ku-Twitter ku- @Oriana0214.
