 Air raid kills 16 near Yemen port of Hodeida: security sources Aden (AFP) April 2, 2018 - An air strike near the Yemeni port of Hodeida on Monday killed 16 people in a building where Huthi rebels were gathering, security sources told AFP. There were conflicting reports on the number of rebels versus civilians killed in the strike which was believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition. The coalition said it was investigating the reports and could not immediately comment. The strike occurred in the district of Al-Hali in Hodeida province, which is controlled by the Iran-backed insurgents. The security sources said a second air strike targeted the house of a Huthi commander in the same area, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The rebels' Al-Masirah news outlet also reported two air strikes in Al-Hali district, saying they targeted a camp for displaced people and that most of the victims were women and children. The security sources said there was no camp for the displaced in the area. In a statement to AFP, coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said: "We take this report very seriously and it will be fully investigated as all reports of this nature are." The coalition is the only force known to carry out air strikes on Huthi rebel-held territory and has previously admitted to "erroneous" strikes that caused civilian casualties. Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a military intervention in Yemen in 2015 with the aim of rolling back the Huthi rebels who had seized the capital and restoring the government to power.
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded dual contracts by the U.S. Army for Patriot missiles for Saudi Arabia and Romania.
The deals, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, carry a combined value of more than $529.9 million combined under the terms of foreign military sales contracts.
The agreements enables Lockheed Martin to provide Saudi Arabia and Romania with PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 missiles, along with other services, such as "missile segment enhancements, command launch station, initial spares and unique costs."
Work on both contracts will occur in multiple locations in the United States, and both are expected to be complete in February 2028.
Between the two contracts, more than $401.8 million will be obligated to Lockheed Martin at time of award from Army fiscal 2018 other procurement funds and foreign military sale funds, the Defense Department said.
HRW slams 'unlawful' Yemen rebel missile attacks on Saudi
Dubai (AFP) April 2, 2018 -
Yemen's Huthi rebels have violated international laws of war in their latest missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, which killed an Egyptian labourer, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
On March 25, the Iran-backed rebels fired seven ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia.
Saudi authorities said their defences intercepted all seven, but falling debris from one of the missiles killed a migrant worker in the capital Riyadh.
Human Rights Watch said the missile attacks "violated the laws of war" as they were fired "indiscriminately at populated areas", calling on the Huthis to cease their attacks.
Over the weekend, Saudi air defences intercepted another Huthi missile targeting the southern city of Najran.
The Yemen war -- which has created what the UN has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis -- has killed nearly 10,000 people since 2015, when a regional military coalition led by Saudi Arabia joined the government's war against the rebels.
While both parties in the war stand accused of neglecting civilian safety, the Saudi-led coalition in particular has drawn harsh condemnation from international rights groups for civilian deaths, landing on a UN blacklist last year for the killing and maiming of children.
The Huthis have intensified missile attacks on Saudi Arabia since November, and the coalition imposed a blockade on Yemen ports and airports in retaliation.
The blockade has since been partially lifted.
"The Huthis should immediately stop their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated areas of Saudi Arabia," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
"But just as unlawful coalition airstrikes don't justify the Huthis' indiscriminate attacks, the Saudis can't use Huthi rockets to justify impeding life-saving goods for Yemen's civilian population."
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