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Houthi attacks on Saudi airports raise question of war crimes, UN rights chief tells Arab News

NEW YORK CITY: Attacks by the Yemen-based Houthis on airports and other civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia raise the question of possible war crimes, the UN’s top human rights official told Arab News, as he also condemned the detention of dozens of UN staff in Yemen by the Iran-backed militia. Volker Turk, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, said that under international humanitarian law, a civilian airport can only be attacked if it is a legitimate military target. “If you start a