More Tension has been created as in the middle east due to a bomb by the saudi fighter jets on the Iranian embassy in Yemen
Saudi jets have ‘deliberately’ bombed the
Iranian embassy in Yemen in an air raid that
wounded staff, Tehran has claimed today.
Warplanes struck the building as they pounded
Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Wednesday night,
Iran claimed, as tensions with Saudi Arabia
continued to mount.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman described the
strike as a ‘deliberate action’ and a ‘violation of
all international conventions that protect
diplomatic missions’.
Hossein Jaber Ansari said: ‘The Saudi
government is responsible for the damage
caused and for the situation of members of
staff who were injured.’
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen will
investigate the accusation, according to the
group’s spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed
Asseri said.
Coalition jets carried out heavy strikes in Sanaa
on Wednesday night to target missile launchers
used by the Houthi militia to fire at Saudi
Arabia, he said, adding that the group has used
civilian facilities including abandoned
embassies.
Asseri said the coalition had requested all
countries to supply it with coordinates of the
location of their diplomatic missions and that
accusations made on the basis of information
provided by the Houthis ‘have no credibility’.
But witnesses in Sanaa said they could see no
damage at the Iranian Embassy and that it was
still standing.
The neighborhood in Yemen’s capital has been
struck before as it is home to several strategic
sites.
Often at loggerheads over regional issues, a
full-blown split between Sunni-majority Saudi
Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran erupted at the
weekend when Riyadh executed prominent
Shiite cleric and activist Nimr al-Nimr along
with 46 others.
Nimr’s death sparked demonstrations in many
countries including Iran, where protesters
stormed and set fire to the Saudi embassy in
Tehran as well as the kingdom’s consulate in
second city Mashhad.
Riyadh cut ties with Tehran in response and
was joined by some of its Sunni Arab allies
including Bahrain and Sudan. The United Arab
Emirates also downgraded relations with Iran
while Kuwait and Qatar recalled their
ambassadors.
A Saudi-led coalition has waged an air war on
Iran-backed rebels in Yemen since March and
the impoverished nation’s conflict is one of the
main sources of dispute between the two
regional adversaries.
Also on Thursday, Iran banned all products
from Saudi Arabia and said a ban on Iranians
travelling to the Saudi holy city of Mecca for
the umrah pilgrimage would remain in place
‘until further notice’.
‘The cabinet has banned the entry of all Saudi
products and products from Saudi Arabia,’ a
government statement said.
It comes as 65 people were killed today when
one of Libya’s worst truck bombs in years
exploded at a police training centre in the town
of Zliten.
No group has immediately claimed
responsibility for the attack today, but the
bombing was one of the deadliest since
Islamist militants started expanding their
presence in the chaos that followed the fall of
Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Mayor Miftah Hamadi said the bomb detonated
as recruits were gathering at the police centre in
Zliten, a coastal town between the capital
Tripoli and the port of Misrata.
Witnesses said residents were ferrying victims
to Misrata hospitals in ambulances and cars,
many with shrapnel wounds.
Medical sources said 65 people had been killed,
including some civilians, though one official
said between 50 and 60 had died.
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