Saudis committing war crime in Yemen

A new report shows that Saudi Arabia has been using universally banned cluster amunitions in airstrikes in Yemen

A new report shows that Saudi Arabia has been using universally banned cluster munitions in airstrikes in Yemen. Cluster bombs are notoriously dangerous to civilians and 116 countries signed a treaty in 2008 banning them from use on the battlefield – Saudi Arabia and the United States are not signatories to the agreement.

Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen in the last 72 days to bring its ally, fugitive president Mansour Hadi, back to power. 

The airstrikes have so far claimed the lives of more than 4,229 civilians, mostly women and children. 

According to a recent report by Freedom House Foundation, most of the victims of the deadly Al Saud campaign are civilians, including a large number of women and children. 

Thousands of residential buildings have been destroyed, and hundreds of civil and public facilities were reduced to rubble as a result of the bombardments by Saudi warplanes on the Yemeni cities and towns, the group said.