UK PM urges end to Yemen War

UK Prime Minister Theresa May (L) meets with Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (R) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 5 April, 2017 [Saudi Kingdom Council/ Anadolu Agency]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has told Saudi Arabia to seek an end to the Yemen war, the Independent reported yesterday.

May discussed the Yemen war with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Abdel Al-Jubeir in a bid to seek an end to the conflict. May pushed forward concerns on Saudi Arabia’s compliance with international humanitarian laws and the laws of war in terms of its targeting of civilian areas.

Britain has been accused by human rights organisations of being complicit in international violations by selling arms to Saudi Arabia. The arms support Saudi’s war against the Houthis who currently control the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.

Read: Arms sales to Saudi Arabia can continue despite fears of war crimes says UK court

A judicial review of the arms sales to Saudi Arabia concluded that it was lawful and can continue. Since March 2015, the UK has sold more than £3.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia.

Yemen's children are being killed.
We CANNOT let the Saudi-led coalition get away with murder >> https://t.co/Bmb4ah8g1X #StopArmingSaudi pic.twitter.com/SS3nDWECH4

— Save the Children UK (@savechildrenuk) August 12, 2017

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