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Wednesday 14 December 2016 - 11:24
Story Code : 242878

Britain guilty of war crimes over Saudi arms sales: Yemeni PM



Press TV- Yemens new Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtoor says Britain is guilty of war crimes over its arms sale to Saudi Arabia.

They have sold cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. They know the Saudis are going to drop them on Yemen [...] in Sa'ada and in Sana'a and other provinces, said Habtoor on Tuesday during an interview with Sky News.

Multiple rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have on various occasions reported the use of illegalcluster bombs by the kingdom in Yemen.

"I don't think they are guilty of war crimes, I believe so. They are participating in the bombing of Yemeni people," added Habtoor (seen below).



Meanwhile, the US canceled the transfer of some arms to Saudi Arabia, amid worldwide criticism about civilian deaths and destruction from the Saudi military aggression in Yemen.

At least 11,400 people have died as theresult of the Saudi campaign in the kingdoms impoverished neighbor since March 2015, according to the latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] A picture shows on October 24, 2016 the site of a Saudi air raid on a funeral ceremony that killed 140 people and wounded 525 on October 5. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]


The offensive was launched to undermine the Ansarullah movement and reinstate Yemens former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

Last month, theYemeniHouthiAnsarullah movement and its allies announced the forming of a new national salvation government, lead by Aden's former governor Habtoor.

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