September Net

Since the beginning of October 2016 the Iranian Houthi militia have killed and injured 32 children in Alghaeel district, one of the 12 districts of the Al-Jawf province north the country.

In a press conference held Saturday in the province , Human Rights Ministry’s local office said the Houthis heavy shelling resulted in the killing of seven children and the wounding of 25 others.

The Deputy Governor of the province Abdullah al-Hashidi called on the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to visit the province to look closely at the Houthi militias atrocities against civilians.

The Director of the Ministry’s office Abdulhadi al-Assar said more than one thousand civilians were killed by the Houthi-laid landmines in the vast desert province.