People flee after air strikes in Sanaa, May 10, 2015 |
LOMDON —Britain’s foreign minister said U.K. troops are helping identify targets for a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, and have not found any “deliberate” breaches of humanitarian law.
Britain’s support for Saudi airstrikes has been criticized by human rights groups, who accuse Saudi Arabia of bombing civilians in its campaign.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told lawmakers in the House of Commons Tuesday that he could not reveal how many British personnel were involved, “but we do have a military presence in Saudi Arabia and we are working with the Saudi Arabians … to ensure that only targets that are legitimate military targets are struck.”
He said there had been “no evidence of deliberate breach of international humanitarian law.”
Nearly 6,000 people have been killed since the Saudi coalition entered Yemen’s conflict in March.
At least 15 Yemeni civilians were killed in an air strike by a Saudi-led coalition outside Sanaa on Wednesday.
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