News - Yemen: Ministry of Industry and Trade denounced on Tuesday the US-Saudi aggression's use of commercial ships to transport military equipment.

“The use of commercial ships to transport military equipment by the countries of aggression is a war crime and a violation of all international laws and covenants,” the Ministry of Industry said in a statement.

The statement pointed out that the countries of aggression, while preventing the entry of commercial ships carrying food, medicine and oil derivatives for the Yemeni people, are using commercial ships to transport military equipment.

The statement condemned the aggression’s ongoing targeting of Yemeni customs ports, the latest of which is the Al-Sawadiya customs port in Al-Baidha.

The Ministry of Industry called on the United Nations and the international community to lift the comprehensive blockade imposed on Yemen and to allow the entry of food and fuel ships.

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the seizure of an Emirati military cargo ship, carrying military equipment, which entered Yemeni waters without any license. The ship was performing hostile activities, threatening the security and stability of Yemen.

The Yemeni Armed Forces revealed the details of the Emirati military cargo ship and showed pictures and videos of the ship carrying military equipment.

"For the first time, the navy succeeded in carrying out a qualitative military operation targeting a military cargo ship while it was carrying out hostile activities at Yemen’s sea," the Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, said during a press conference on Monday.

Sare'e stressed that the hostile ship was carrying military equipment, including mechanisms, devices and other equipment that are used in the aggression against the Yemeni people.

"For weeks, this Emirati ship has been under the monitoring of our forces, and it has carried out several hostile acts in Yemeni territorial waters," he added. "After the careful monitoring of the ship's activity, directives were issued to seize it within the legitimate defense of our country and people and transfer it to the Salif port."