VIOLENCE IN YEMEN AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Motion Text

That this House expresses its concern at the recent escalation of violence in Yemen and the surrounding region; condemns the Houthi missile strikes on Abha airport in Saudi Arabia on 13 June 2019, in which 26 civilians were wounded; notes that this came only one month after Houthi forces claimed armed drone strikes on Saudi oil pump stations; condemns the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, also on 13 June 2019; deplores the Coalition airstrikes carried out on the same day in Sana’a; recognises the unforgivable continuation of this violence, when over 70,000 have died in the war in Yemen; and calls for all sides in Yemen to implement the Stockholm Agreement to achieve peace.