Ngenhla Kwesithombe: Abantu babamba iqhaza kumashi, begxeka izinhlelo zomfelandawonye wama-Arab zokuhlasela i-Hodeidah, ukusuka e-Sanaa kuya edolobheni eliyitheku lase-Hodeidah, Yemen, ngoLwesithathu, Ephreli 19, 2017. (Isithombe se-AP/Hani Mohammed)
Ababhikishi bebephephezelisa amafulegi ahlotshiswe izinkwa becula iziqubulo befuna ukuthi ichweba lingagwenywa empini.
Ababhikishi baseYemeni bafinyelele edolobheni laseHodeida oLwandle Olubomvu ngoLwesibili, baqeda imashi yesonto lonke besuka enhlokodolobha befuna ukuthi leli chweba eliphethwe amavukela-mbuso limenyezelwe njengendawo yokusiza abantu. Ababhikishi abangaba ngu-25 bathathe uhambo lwamakhilomitha angama-225 (amamayela angu-140), olubizwa ngokuthi “imashi yesinkwa”, beyocela ukulethwa kosizo olungavinjelwe eYemen, lapho amavukelambuso amaHuthi asekelwa yi-Iran alwe namasosha kahulumeni ahlangene nomfelandawonye wama-Arab oholwa yiSaudi. iminyaka emibili.
Ababhikishi baphephezelisa amafulegi abhalwe izinkwa besho iziqubulo befuna ukuthi leli chweba lingagwenywa empini, iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene elinganisela ukuthi isibulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-7,700 XNUMX futhi yashiya izigidi zidonsa kanzima ukuthola ukudla. “Ichweba laseHodeida alihlangene nempi… Mabalwe noma yikuphi, kodwa bayekele itheku lodwa. Ichweba elabesifazane bethu, izingane, abantu bethu abadala,” kusho umbhikishi u-Ali Mohammed Yahya, ohambe izinsuku eziyisithupha esuka e-Sanaa eya eHodeida.
IHodeida, okuyisizinda esiyinhloko sokuthola usizo, okwamanje ilawulwa amaHuthi kodwa kuyakhula ukwesaba mayelana nokuhlasela okungenzeka kwebutho lomfelandawonye ukuze kuthathwe ukulawula kwechweba. I-United Nations ngesonto eledlule inxuse umfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ukuthi ungaqhubi ngamabhomu eHodeida, okuyidolobha lesine elinabantu abaningi eYemen.
Inhlangano yamalungelo i-Amnesty International ngoLwesibili ixwayise ukuhlasela kwamasosha "kuzoba yingozi kakhulu ngale kweHodeidah njengoba ichweba ledolobha liyindawo ebalulekile yokuthola usizo lwamazwe ngamazwe olusindisa impilo". Umkhulumeli womfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi nokho uzichithile izinhlelo zokuhlasela iHodeida.
Ukungqubuzana eYemen kuhlanganisa amaHuthi, ahlangene nowayengumongameli u-Ali Abdullah Saleh, ngokumelene namabutho kahulumeni athembekile kuMengameli wamanje u-Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. Umfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi uqalise ukuhlasela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukusiza amasosha kaHadi ukuthi asondele kulo lonke ugu loLwandle Olubomvu lwaseYemen, kubandakanya neHodeida. I-UN icele u-USD 2.1 billion wosizo lwamazwe ngamazwe kulo nyaka eYemen, elinye lamazwe amane abhekene nendlala ngo-2017.
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