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صرح مصدر حكومي سعودي ان المملكه و التحالف سيتوقفون عن استخدام القنابل العنقوديه بريطانيه الصنع في حرب اليمن
و ياتي ذلك بعد تاكيد وزير الدفاع البريطاني امام البرلمان ان المملكه لم تلقيي سوي عدد محدود من القنابل العنقوديه بريطانيه الصنع فوق اليمن
A Saudi-led Arab coalition will halt its use of British-made cluster munitions in Yemen, the Saudi government said on Monday, after 20 months of war in which thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in air strikes.
In London, British defense minister Michael Fallon confirmed in parliament that the coalition had dropped "a limited number" of UK-supplied cluster munitions in Yemen.
Britain, a signatory to the international convention which prohibits use of the munitions, has been investigating whether the coalition dropped the BL 755 munitions in Yemen following an Amnesty International report in May.
"The government of Saudi Arabia confirms that it has decided to stop the use of cluster munitions of the type BL-755 and informed the United Kingdom government of that," said the Saudi statement, carried by state news agency SPA.
It was the first Saudi confirmation of the coalition's use of the cluster munitions.
Saudi Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told Arabiya TV: "BL 755 bombs are used in a limited way and not in residential areas. We do not use the bombs in areas populated by civilians."
"This munition was used against legitimate military targets to defend Saudi towns and villages against continuous attacks by Houthi militia, which resulted in Saudi civilian casualties."
Assiri said the coalition, which is battling Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen, had not violated international law because it had not signed the cluster munitions convention.
Fallon stressed that Britain had sold the munitions to Riyadh in the 1980s, long before the 2008 convention.
"However, Saudi Arabia has now confirmed it will not further use BL-755 cluster munitions and I welcome that," he said.
و ياتي ذلك بعد تاكيد وزير الدفاع البريطاني امام البرلمان ان المملكه لم تلقيي سوي عدد محدود من القنابل العنقوديه بريطانيه الصنع فوق اليمن
A Saudi-led Arab coalition will halt its use of British-made cluster munitions in Yemen, the Saudi government said on Monday, after 20 months of war in which thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in air strikes.
In London, British defense minister Michael Fallon confirmed in parliament that the coalition had dropped "a limited number" of UK-supplied cluster munitions in Yemen.
Britain, a signatory to the international convention which prohibits use of the munitions, has been investigating whether the coalition dropped the BL 755 munitions in Yemen following an Amnesty International report in May.
"The government of Saudi Arabia confirms that it has decided to stop the use of cluster munitions of the type BL-755 and informed the United Kingdom government of that," said the Saudi statement, carried by state news agency SPA.
It was the first Saudi confirmation of the coalition's use of the cluster munitions.
Saudi Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told Arabiya TV: "BL 755 bombs are used in a limited way and not in residential areas. We do not use the bombs in areas populated by civilians."
"This munition was used against legitimate military targets to defend Saudi towns and villages against continuous attacks by Houthi militia, which resulted in Saudi civilian casualties."
Assiri said the coalition, which is battling Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen, had not violated international law because it had not signed the cluster munitions convention.
Fallon stressed that Britain had sold the munitions to Riyadh in the 1980s, long before the 2008 convention.
"However, Saudi Arabia has now confirmed it will not further use BL-755 cluster munitions and I welcome that," he said.
ليس لديك تصريح لمشاهدة الرابط، فضلا قم ب تسجيل الدخول او تسجيل
