Yemen crisis: Calls for UK Government to investigate whether British-supplied jets were used in Saudi airstrike on refugee camp which left dozens dead

‘The Government is facing calls to investigate whether British-supplied jets flown by Saudi Arabian forces were used in an airstrike on a Yemeni refugee camp which left dozens dead.

Aid workers said that up to 40 people were killed and 200 injured in the raid on Monday at the Al Mazraq camp which was blamed on Saudi forces leading a pan-Arab coalition to halt the advance of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen.

A pro-Houthi television station has broadcast footage which claimed to show the bodies of victims and casualties, including children, from the attack on the camp housing thousands of displaced Yemenis in the northwestern province of Hajjah, close to the Saudi border.’

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