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London Fuels 'Brutal War' in Yemen Supplying Riyadh With Cluster Bombs

© REUTERS / Khaled AbdullahPeople gather at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa September 22, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led alliance bombed two houses in Yemen's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, medics and local officials said
People gather at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa September 22, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led alliance bombed two houses in Yemen's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, medics and local officials said - Sputnik International
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Oxfam UK Chief Executive Mark Goldring said Monday in a statement that the United Kingdom fuels "brutal war" in Yemen by supplying Saudi Arabia, which is involved in the conflict, with cluster bombs.

A man points up at a house that was damaged during an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Faj Attan village, Sanaa, Yemen May 7, 2015. - Sputnik International
Yemen Crisis: UK 'Burying Its Head in the Sand' Over Saudi Arms Sales
EDINBURGH (Sputnik) — On Monday, prominent rights advocacy group Amnesty International published evidences revealing the fact that Saudi Arabia had used UK-manufactured "BL-755" cluster bombs in Yemen against the Houthi rebel group.

"This underlines a simple truth — Britain's arms sales and technical military support are fuelling a brutal war in Yemen," Goldring said, speaking about the information, revealed by the watchdog.

He added that the conflict in Yemen left more than 80 percent of population in urgent need of aid and called on London to "halt all support for this war and put pressure on all involved to stop the reckless disregard of civilians' safety."

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels, the country’s main opposition force. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Since March 2015, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been carrying out airstrikes against Houthi positions at Hadi's request.

Cluster munitions are explosive weapons that contain and release large numbers of smaller sub-munitions over a wide area. The use of cluster bombs is prohibited by the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which has been signed by 108 countries and ratified or acceded by 100.

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