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| Yemen's Prime Minister accuses UK of war crimes | Yemen's Prime Minister accuses UK of war crimes |
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| The new Prime Minister of the rebel Houthi government in Yemen has accused the UK of war crimes. | The new Prime Minister of the rebel Houthi government in Yemen has accused the UK of war crimes. |
| Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtour claimed the UK Government cared more about making profits from arms sales than the humanitarian crisis enveloping his country. | Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtour claimed the UK Government cared more about making profits from arms sales than the humanitarian crisis enveloping his country. |
| Mr Habtour told Sky News in his office in the capital Sana'a: “They have sold cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. They know the Saudis are going to drop them on Yemen [...] in Saadah and in Sana'a and other provinces. | Mr Habtour told Sky News in his office in the capital Sana'a: “They have sold cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. They know the Saudis are going to drop them on Yemen [...] in Saadah and in Sana'a and other provinces. |
| "I don't think they are guilty of war crimes, I believe so. They are participating in the bombing of Yemen people." | "I don't think they are guilty of war crimes, I believe so. They are participating in the bombing of Yemen people." |
| Sky reported that a soldier had told them the army had found a number of UK-made cluster bombs, and showed photos of British cluster bombs he said had been found in fields in the city, which have been shared widely locally. | Sky reported that a soldier had told them the army had found a number of UK-made cluster bombs, and showed photos of British cluster bombs he said had been found in fields in the city, which have been shared widely locally. |
| A resident of Sa'adah, a city located on the border of Saudi Arabia which has seen some of the worst bombing of the civil war, was recorded saying: “First we thought Britain was a first, but now we feel the British Government are criminals, because of what’s happening here. | |
| “They’re committing crime: killing children and pregnant women.” | |
| Britain agreed to stop using and selling cluster bombs around six years ago, and in June Defence Secretary Michael Fallon claimed no UK-supplied cluster munitions had been used in the current conflict. | |
| Sauidi coalition air strikes, which are backed by Britain, the US and France, have been targeting Sa'adah city for nearly two years. |