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UN: Saudi Arabia, UAE used cluster bombs in Yemen

MEMO | September 1, 2020

UN reports revealed that the Saudi-UAE coalition has recently used internationally banned weapons in its military operations in the Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen.

The United Nations report expressed the organisation’s “concern” after it revealed the use of cluster bombs by the Saudi-Emirati coalition in Yemen in one of the air strikes that targeted the Hudaydah Governorate.

The head of the United Nations mission to support the Hudaydah agreement, Abhijit Guha, said in a statement that he is concerned about the repeated air strikes in the Al-Arj area between the city of Hudaydah and the port of Salif between 16-23 August, according to the Yemeni Al-Mahrah Post website.

Guha, who chairs the redeployment committee, indicated that the heavy fighting that broke out around Hudaydah city on Thursday morning, is of “special concern”, in addition to “reports of the use of cluster weapons during one of these air strikes.” Guha called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to “desist from any measures that harm the implementation of Al-Hudaydah agreement that was reached in Stockholm on 13 December 2018.”

The UN official urged the parties to the conflict in Yemen to “refrain from any other activities that put the lives of civilians in the governorate in danger.” The Houthi group, through an official source in Hudaydah, accused the Saudi-Emirati coalition of using a cluster bomb on 23 August, on a farm in the Al-Arj area, Bajil District.

September 1, 2020 - Posted by | War Crimes | , , ,

2 Comments »

  1. Cluster bombs(a Biological Weapon) were developed in the USA in the early 1950’s.

    Liked by 1 person

    Comment by brianharryaustralia | September 1, 2020 | Reply

  2. Damn–my comment-in-process was just blanked out by some nefarious force. I was writing to bemoan the “stench of rot” that has infused the Sunni branch of Islam and to hope for/expect a strong dose of cleansing and disinfectant. Further, I expressed my concern and empathy for the common people of immiserated Yemen.

    Damn, damn, damn….

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    Comment by roberthstiver | September 1, 2020 | Reply


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