UK launches defense of its Saudi allies over claims of indiscriminate bombing in Yemen

‘Responding to a report from the International Development Committee (IDC), the British government flatly denied that Saudi Arabia has violated international humanitarian law (IHL) in its vicious war in Yemen, in an official response published on Thursday.
The government registered strong disagreement with the IDC’s claim that there was “growing evidence of indiscriminate bombing by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen, in violation of IHL,” which raised “serious questions over the Government’s continued licensing of arms transfers to Saudi Arabia [that] must be answered.”
The committee referenced “the UK’s obligations under the laws which regulate the international arms trade.”’

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