An official in the Yemeni Supreme Political Council welcomed a cal by UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to form a committee that investigate war crimes committed by Saudi-led aggression, stressing the urgent need to lift the blockade on the Arab impoverished country.

In remarks published by Yemeni news agency, Sabaa, the official also welcomed the statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

The commissioner had earlier stressed on the importance of forming a neutral committee which looks into crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition including the horrific strike which targeted a funeral on Saturday, killing and injuring more than 700 Yemenis in Sanaa.

The UN stance should not stop here. The international body has to move in a bid to stop the aggression and to lift the blockade, the Yemeni official said on condition of anonymity.

Yemenis have been suffering from the naval, air and land blockade imposed by the Saudo-led coalition.

Yemen has been since March 26, 2015 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition.

Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.

Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive ex-president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.

Source: Yemeni sources