Yemen: On December 17, during the year 2016, the US-Saudi aggression continued committing war crimes and acts of genocide through its brutal airstrikes. These strikes targeted a wedding procession in Marib and Al-Namsiya Bridge in Sa'adah, resulting in the martyrdom of 12 women and the injury of eight others. 

The attacks caused extensive damage to citizens' properties, homes, vehicles, and infrastructure, obstructing traffic, disrupting basic services, and creating severe food and essential supplies shortages. These harrowing scenes of human annihilation present documented evidence for the international community and the International Criminal Court to take responsibility and hold war criminals accountable.

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2016: 7 Injured, Including Children, in Aggression Strikes on Sa'adah

On December 17, 2016, the US-Saudi aggression added another war crime to its long list of atrocities against the Yemeni people. The airstrikes targeted Al-Namsiya Bridge in Majz District, Sa'adah Governorate, injuring seven individuals, including children. The attack disrupted the main road, obstructing traffic and preventing the delivery of food, medical supplies, and agricultural goods.

The strikes turned the bridge into rubble soaked with blood, paralyzing movement and making life for travelers, farmers, and merchants unbearable. Families spent hours and days in agonizing uncertainty—children imagining their fathers' coffins, mothers fearing for the lives of their returning sons, and wives tearfully bidding farewell to their husbands heading to work or the market. Daily airstrikes transformed life in this governorate into a perilous gamble.

In hospitals, wounded victims lay on beds drenched in blood, surrounded by their grief-stricken families, their sobs echoing through the halls as hands were raised in desperate prayers for survival and healing.

The deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Al-Namsiya constitutes a full-fledged war crime, adding to the thousands of crimes committed against the Yemeni people over nine years. Documented evidence demands action from the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the global community to assume their moral and humanitarian responsibilities, prosecute the leaders of the aggression as war criminals, and deliver justice to the victims and their families in Yemen.

2016: 12 Martyrs, Including a Bride, in a Wedding Procession Massacre in Marib

On the same day, December 17, 2016, the US-Saudi aggression committed another war crime and act of genocide against humanity, targeting a wedding procession in Harib Al-Qaramish District, Marib Governorate. The airstrikes claimed the lives of 12 women, injured a child, and created a horrific massacre that shocked the world.

A day meant to celebrate joy and unity turned into a black, mournful day—a historical record of one of the most heinous crimes ever committed. As the warplanes flew over the wedding convoy, they struck with brutal precision, transforming happiness into screams of agony that reverberated throughout Yemen.

The bride, a symbol of hope and new beginnings, was anticipating her wedding day with excitement. Instead, she bid farewell to life on the same day, turning her joyous occasion into a solemn funeral. Her family and friends, who had come to celebrate, were left to bury her and the other victims, mourning their losses amidst the wreckage of what should have been a day of celebration.

The airstrike spared no one. Mothers, sisters, and relatives all fell victim to the aggression. Families were shattered, children orphaned, and the joy of an entire community extinguished in an instant. Blood stained the ground, and the air was filled with cries for help and mourning. Wedding gifts and decorations were left abandoned, replaced by shrouds and coffins.

The massacre of the wedding procession in Harib Al-Qaramish remains a stain on the conscience of its perpetrators, the international community, and related organizations that have failed to deliver justice to this day. The painful memory of this crime continues to live on in the hearts of Yemenis, serving as a call for accountability and the cessation of the ongoing aggression.