Saudi coalition air raid at Hayfan, Taiz province, June 27, 2016, part 1

Luftschlag der saudischen Koalition auf Hayfan, Provinz Taiz, 27. Juni 2016, Teil 1

At 11.30 pm, an illegal oil and fuel market at a roundabout at Hayfan, Taiz province, was hit by Saudi coalition air raids.

26, 34 or even 40 people, probably civilians, among them women and children, were killed, 15 others were wounded

There was told a lorry transporting arms for the Houthis would have been the real target,

certainly nothing more than one of these Saudi propaganda tales.

Um 23.30 nachts wurde in Hayfan, Provinz Taiz, ein illegaler Brennstoff- und Benzinmarkt

von Luftschlägen der saudischen Koalition getroffen.

26, 34 oder sogar 40 Menschen, wahrscheinlich Zivilisten, darunter Frauen und Kinder, wurden getötet, 15 weitere verletzt.

Angeblich soll ein LKW, der Waffen für die Houthis transportierte, das eigentliche Ziel gewesen sein,

sicherlich nichts anderes als eine der üblichen Propagandageschichten der Saudis.

28.6.2016 – AFP

Yemen fighting kills 80 in one day as peace talks stall

Intensified fighting and air strikes over the past 24 hours in Yemen have left 80 people dead, including 37 civilians, as lengthy peace talks in Kuwait made no headway, officials said.

In the largest death toll, jets from the pro-government Saudi-led coalition killed 34 people, including 19 civilians when they targeted Houthi rebels in the southwestern region of Taiz, a Yemeni military official said.

The pre-dawn air strike hit a lorry transporting weapons for the Houthis as it crossed a busy road, a provincial official said, adding that four women were among the dead, as well as 15 rebels.

In Taiz province, a coalition warplane hit a vehicle carrying pro-government forces "by mistake", killing four soldiers and wounding four others, another military official said.

In the south, at least seven civilians including two children were killed in air strikes "probably by drones" on militants which hit a nearby house in Mahfed, between the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa in Yemen's south, a local official told AFP.

http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/flare-yemen-violence-kills-80 = http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/flare-yemen-violence-kills-80

Comment: See my critical remarks on the claimed “fighters” below. Now, the total of those killed has risen even more. It is strange that they once given figure of 15 fighters should have stayed equal and just 9 more civilians should have died (compare to article by AP below). In this AFP report, the story is enriched by “a lorry transporting weapons for the Houthis” which is claimed to have been the real target. Well, who did tell this to AFP?? There is no destroyed lorry to be seen in the photos and films of the incident (just a pick up, which hardly could have transported a greater lot of arms and the 15 claimed “fighters”).

The story reminds very much of the story (or one of the several stories) told by the Saudis after the raid at the market in Mastaba in Hajjah province on March 15, with 119 people killed. The Saudis had claimed, several cars transporting Houthi fighters would have passed by. There are no photos of these cars as all.

The same happened on February 27, when Saudi air raids hit a market in Nehm district (Saada province), killing about 40 people. Also in this case had been claimed, several cars transporting Houthi fighters would have been the intended target. There are no photos or any other proofs of hit cars full of “fighters”.

And, as in Mastaba and at Nehm, now here at Hayfan we have the same strange thing again: If you really are working to target a driving car, you will do it at a section of the road outside any settlement, or do you wait until the car passes by the most crowded place possible, what actually is a market? No. This lorry certainly just is one of these Saudi propaganda fairy tales.

28.6.2016 – Dr. Karim

Update #Yemen: civilian death toll increased to 40 incl women & kids; 15 wounded in latest #Saudi-led #Taiz massacre

https://twitter.com/StopDestroYemen/status/748014704010887169

28.6.2016 – AAP / AP

Saudi-led airstrike kills 25 in Yemen

An airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition targeting Shi'ite rebels in Yemen's southern province of Taiz killed 25 people - 15 fighters and 10 civilians.

Tuesday's airstrike also wounded eight civilians, officials said. Most of the victims were shoppers or storekeepers in the area that was hit, a commercial road that lies between two villages.

The Taiz attack came amid an uptick in coalition airstrikes on Monday night and early Tuesday, the officials said, adding that the fighting also raged east of the capital, Sanaa.

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/is-bombings-in-yemen-kill-38/news-story/2ffa7d4f168ae5401a304fa85d9a2bfe = http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/06/28/world/middleeast/ap-ml-yemen.html?_r=0

Comment: How the division between “fighters” and civilians can be achieved? They wear equal clothing, a great part of Yemeni men is wearing a gun when in the street – so what? This sounds like propaganda, the report itself stating that “most of the victims were shoppers or storekeepers” – and no “fighters”. Again, that looks like labeling the victims as “fighters” to justify one’s own bombings.

28.6.2016 – Press TV Iran

Saudi airstrikes leave 20 Yemeni civilians dead despite truce

At least 20 civilians have been killed as Saudi warplanes bombed Yemen’s Ta’izz Province in violation of a UN-brokered ceasefire.

Saudi jets targeted a petrol bomb in Hayfan district of the southwestern province of Ta’izz early on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 civilians dead and 15 others injured, Yemen’s al-Masirah television reported.

Some Yemeni media outlets have put the number of those killed at 35.

http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/06/28/472547/Yemeni-Saudi-Arabia-Airstrikes-Taizz-Kuwait-Peace-Talks-Houthi

Comment: The Iranian source labels the victims as “civilians”, what certainly is more probable, unless there come up clear proofs of who of them really is a (Houthi) fighter.

Die deutschsprachige Berichterstattung ist schlichtweg unterirdisch

– wenigstens hier wurde die AP-Meldung recht genau übersetzt:

28.6.2016 – Stuttgarter Nachrichten

Mindestens 25 Tote bei Luftangriffen

Im Süden des Jemen hat das Militärbündnis unter Führung von Saudi-Arabien die schiitischen Huthi-Rebellen bombardiert und mindestens 25 Menschen getötet. Darunter seien 15 Kämpfer und zehn Zivilisten, weitere acht Zivilisten seien verletzt worden, berichteten Sicherheitsbeamte. Der Luftangriff am frühen Morgen habe eine Einkaufstraße zwischen zwei Dörfern der Region Tais im Süden des Landes getroffen. Unter den Opfern seien Ladenbesitzer und deren Kunden.

http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.jemen-mindestens-25-tote-bei-luftangriffen.ee6e2592-8edc-4b00-bcc0-11ae44fe9d1d.html

Kommentar: Es sind nach AFP 34, nach neuesten Angaben aus Jemen sogar 40 Tote. Die angeblichen Kämpfer sind wohl eine Erfindung der saudischen Propaganda. An der Kleidung sind Zivilisten und „Kämpfer“ nicht zu unterscheiden, und ein Gewehr trägt im Jemen ein Großteil aller Männer. Der englischsprachige Artikel erwähnt selbst, dass „die meisten Opfer Käufer und Ladeninhaber waren“ – im Deutschen deutlich abgeschwächt, warum? Sieht für die Saudis besser aus.

AFP schreibt noch von einem LKW mit Waffen für die Huthis, den der Luftangriff eigentlich treffen sollte – dann haben die Saudis sich zum Zuschlagen dann natürlich genau den allerbelebtesten Punkt an der ganzen Fahrstrecke ausgesucht – wie auch schon am 27. Februar in Nehm und am 15. März in Mastaba, wo solche vorbeifahrenden „Geisterautos“ der saudischen Propaganda dann ebenfalls als Begründung Volltreffer auf einen Markt herhalten mussten.