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US hindering any tangible UN action on Saudi war crimes in Yemen: Analyst

Monday, 17 September 2018 9:55 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 17 September 2018 9:58 AM ]

Yemeni men walk through the rubble and debris of a destroyed petrol station that was hit by an airstrike in the capital, Sana'a, on May 27, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

A political analyst casts doubt on the prospects of UN peace efforts on Yemen, saying the US will work to obstruct any tangible action by the world body to end Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in the Arabian Peninsula country.

Lawrence Davidson, professor at the West Chester University, told Press TV that the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors is committing “slow genocide” against the Yemeni people, while the US keeps impeding any UN action on the situation.

The United Nations faces “resistance” from the US and its European allies in support of the invaders, he added.

“It is a really difficult situation, and one can imagine that it would be easier for the UN if the United States just got out of that organization and simply did not have anything to do with it, and that would in any case liberate the UN,” Davidson said.

The commentator further pointed to a rise in deadly Saudi air raids against Yemen, which coincided with the arrival in Sana’a of UN envoy Martin Griffiths for talks.

“The intensification of the air attacks just as he (Griffiths) arrives is in fact an attack not only on Yemen but on the UN,” he said.

“What the Saudis are saying -- much like the Israelis who seem to be their local allies now – is that there’s nothing the UN can do that we will obey,” he added.