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Bin Aziz to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Have Faith in Our Gulf Brothers in Uniting Yemenis

Yemen's Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz.
Yemen's Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz.
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Bin Aziz to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Have Faith in Our Gulf Brothers in Uniting Yemenis

Yemen's Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz.
Yemen's Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz.

Yemen's Chief of Staff Sagheer bin Aziz expressed on Monday his "faith" in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and its sincere efforts in uniting Yemeni ranks.

The GCC will host in Riyadh on Tuesday intra-Yemeni consultations aimed at uniting Yemenis, mending rifts between them, supporting the legitimate government, bolstering state institutions, creating rapprochement and supporting regional and international peace efforts.

The consultations will conclude on April 7.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, bin Aziz hoped that the consultations would end with a "comprehensive vision that would be enough to address various pending disputes and complete higher national goals, starting with restoring the state and activating its various institutions.

"We have faith in our brothers in the GCC and their kind efforts to unite Yemenis under the legitimacy, led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi," he added from the Marib province.

Moreover, bin Aziz spoke of the army's efforts and preparations in liberating the capital Sanaa from the Iran-backed Houthi militias. The efforts are being coordinated with and have received the full backing of the Saudi-led Arab coalition.

"The army is achieving heroics in defending the nation and ummah against the vilest colonial projects that go beyond geographic borders to reach ideological levels that target freedom, equality, justice and human dignity," he continued.

"We will be victorious and we will reach Sanaa," he vowed, saying time and preparations were needed to strike at the right moment.

Bin Aziz also dismissed the recent Houthi proposal of a ceasefire, saying it was nothing more than an attempt to undermine peace efforts.

"Iran fired its rockets and drones from Sanaa towards oil and economic facilities in Saudi Arabia in order to extort the world. When it was confronted with international outrage and a firm response from the coalition, it attempted to blatantly contain the blow," he noted.

The alleged ceasefire is a ploy aimed at allowing the Houthis to regroup before resuming their futile attacks in Marib, Hajjah, the coast and other fronts, said bin Aziz.

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MSF Suspends Operations at Key Hospital in Sudan's Capital

FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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MSF Suspends Operations at Key Hospital in Sudan's Capital

FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Medical aid agency MSF said on Friday it has been forced to suspend its activities at one of the few remaining hospitals in southern Khartoum due to repeated attacks, cutting off yet another lifeline for those who remain in the Sudanese capital.
War has been raging in Sudan since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule, triggering the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis.
The hospital, which lies in territory controlled by the RSF, helped treat the victims of frequent airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces, as well as hundreds of malnourished women and children in an area where two neighborhoods have been judged at risk of famine, reported Reuters.
"In the 20 months MSF teams have worked alongside hospital staff and volunteers, Bashair Hospital has experienced repeated incidents of armed fighters entering the hospital with weapons and threatening medical staff, often demanding fighters be treated before other patients," MSF said in a statement.
"Despite extensive engagements with all stakeholders, these attacks have continued in recent months. MSF has now taken the very difficult decision to suspend all medical activities in the hospital."
The fighting in Sudan has cut off up to 80% of hospitals in conflict areas, where millions who cannot afford to escape the violence remain. Civilians face frequent air and artillery fire and hunger as supplies are blocked by both warring parties and prices skyrocket.
Medical facilities, including MSF-supported ones that have suspended operations, have frequently come under attack by RSF soldiers demanding treatment or looting supplies. Bashair Hospital has served more than 25,000 people, MSF said, including 9,000 hurt by blasts, gunshot wounds, and other violence.
"Sometimes dozens of people arrived at the hospital at the same time after shelling or airstrikes on residential areas and markets," MSF said in the statement, citing an incident on Sunday where an airstrike one kilometer away drove 50 people to the emergency room, 12 of them already dead.