The missiles of Iran's arm against the Yemenis...terrorist crimes and "violations of the laws of war"
English - Monday 11 April 2022 الساعة 01:20 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
The dates of the civil wars did not know a party using “ballistic missiles” against its society, as did Iran’s arm in Yemen, which did not remain a province or region without launching “ballistic missiles” at it, even those with which it entered into a local conflict, as happened with “Hajour” in Hajjah Governorate. Or "Al Awad" in Al-Bayda.
The ease of Houthi use of long-range missiles reflects the "Iranian" influence ruling this war, as Iran is fighting Yemenis who refuse to submit to it in their country, as they are an "external" party that can be fought by all means.
Numbers
The Yemeni government has not announced any specific number for the number of Houthi missiles that it fired at local Yemeni communities, but news of the missile bombing reached all Yemeni governorates.
And on the Ma’rib governorate alone, the Houthis fired 112 ballistic missiles and 132 Katyusha missiles. During five years, 26 missiles fell on separate residential neighborhoods.. Houthi long-range missiles landed far from the war fronts in schools and mosques in Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah and Al Dhale’e, and Aden and Mokha witnessed Rocket shelling hit the airport and the port, which are civilian facilities far from the fighting fronts.
From Aden Airport to the port of Mocha.. Evidence of Houthi terrorism
On December 30, 2020, while Yemenis were waiting for the new government to arrive on a plane at Aden International Airport, and others were waiting for their turn to travel to Cairo Airport from Aden International Airport, an explosion sounded the world heard about, caused by a number of ballistic missiles, which Al-Houthi launched it on the air port of Aden.
On September 11 of 2021, nearly a year after the crime that targeted Aden Airport, the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia carried out a terrorist attack targeting the historic port of Mocha, days after its opening, with 4 ballistic missiles and about 3 "booby-trapped" drones.
On December 8, 2011, Houthi long-range missiles fell on the "Said bin Jubair" school, south of Hays District, Hodeidah Governorate. Ten days later, another missile fell on Ataq Airport in Shabwa Governorate.
Human Rights Watch confirmed, “Houthi forces in Yemen violated the laws of war by firing ballistic missiles indiscriminately at populated areas.” According to the international organization, “unguided ballistic missile attacks such as Burkan H2 or Qaher M2 are indiscriminate, especially in the long range.” "It cannot target military objectives accurately. When these attacks are deliberately or indiscriminately directed at populated areas or civilian objects, they violate the laws of war."
When used in densely populated areas, ballistic missiles with large payloads of high explosives have a widespread destructive effect that cannot adequately distinguish between civilians and military targets, often resulting in civilian casualties. According to Human Rights Watch, which confirmed that these Houthi missile attacks "caused heavy losses in Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen."
The Arab Lawyers Union, based in Egypt, considered the launch of Houthi ballistic missiles at Yemeni airports and ports "a terrorist threat in violation of all international covenants and laws."
International humanitarian law, human rights law and international treaties ratified by the Republic of Yemen forbid the use of missiles to bomb populated civilian facilities, such as airports and ports, which terrorist militias always try to deliberately target with the aim of terrorizing citizens.
According to Yemeni political analyst Mahmoud Al-Taher, the Houthi use of ballistic missiles against civilians provides "conditions for launching the name of a terrorist group, at the Houthis." Because it "bombed civilian facilities, whether in Aden airport, Mocha port, Abha airport, Aramco facilities, or Ma'rib."
Types of Iranian arm ballistic missiles
Iran and the Revolutionary Guards play a major role in transferring technology to develop weapons, especially "ballistic missiles and drones", to their militias in Yemen, the Houthis.
A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, Jawad Karimi Qudoussi, said in a press interview: that his country "has been able to strengthen the capabilities of the Houthi defense systems, and that (the Houthis) are now able to manufacture unmanned aircraft, and develop Scud missiles they owned from before". "Iran is the one who did everything for the Houthis," he said.
The militias obtained Korean, Russian and Iranian-made missiles through smuggling routes that the Revolutionary Guards mastered.
The appearance of the Qaher-1 missile was the first strong indication of Iran's guiding role in directing the Houthi missile forces, reflecting Tehran's own actions to convert Soviet S-75/SI-2 missiles into Tender-69 short-range ballistic missiles.
The highlight was the Quds-2 cruise missile, the Houthi name for Iran's Ya Ali missile, which has a range of 430 miles, Burkan 2H: made up of parts from the Iranian Qiam missile.
It is believed that the Houthis have 15 types of drones, whether they obtained them from Iran or developed them with Iranian support, in addition to buying them from abroad or assembling them with smuggled materials.
The most prominent drones used by the Houthis are: Qasef, and Qasef 2: An exact copy of the Iranian explosive drone, "Ababeel T".
Delta Wing: The Delta Wing is an Iranian triangular winged drone similar to the MiG-21. Iran claims that this aircraft is an imitation of the US RQ-170 Sentinel.
According to the assistant professor at the London School of Economics, James Rogers, the supply of spare parts and components for aircraft, especially for dual-use "civilian and military", helped the Houthi in assembling drones such as "Samad 3", which are locally made copies of manufactured and similar military systems. Those made in Iran, then enhanced with unmanned aircraft engines, and backed by control systems and cameras are being smuggled.
In previous reports of the United Nations Group of Experts on Yemen, it said in July 2021 that Al-Houthi was obtaining components for drones such as the "Delta" model, which are already in Iran from abroad, in addition to a new version of cruise missiles that were not in the armament of the Yemeni army a year ago. 2014 when the Houthis took control of Sanaa, in addition to continuing to provide the Houthis with machine guns, bombs, anti-tank missiles and more advanced cruise missile systems.
The "Long War Journal" website revealed detailed information about the Iranian missiles used by the Houthi militia linked to Tehran, in an attempt to target Yemeni and Saudi regions, which reaffirms the mullahs' support for the terrorist group in Yemen to threaten the security of the region.
The report talked about at least three types of missiles fired at Saudi Arabia and used by militias in its war against the Yemenis, such as (Burkan-2, Qaher-2 and Badr-1). According to the Long War Journal, "each shell has a different target."
Here are some details on the aforementioned missiles:
1- Burkan 2: Its original name is Qiyam-1
2- Badr-1: One of the most famous and widely distributed Iranian missiles
