UK PM refuses to guarantee that no British weapons killed civilians in Yemen

UK Prime Minister Theresa May today failed to assure members of parliament that civilians have not been killed by British manufactured bombs dropped by Saudi Arabia on Yemen.

During Prime Minister’s Question Time Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party, Angus Robertson, asked May twice to provide an assurance that the bombs Britain has sold to Saudi Arabia have not killed civilians in Yemen.

Britain has sold British manufactured Paveway IV bombs to Saudi Arabia.

May refused to answer the question directly and has claimed that Britain has “one of the toughest regimes in the world in relations to arms exports.”

“The Saudi Arabian government have properly investigated these issues,” she added, with regards to allegations that the Saudi-led coalition’s bombings of Yemen have led to the death of “thousands of innocent civilians”.

May is known for avidly defending British arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Yemen has been locked in a bitter battle between Shia Houthi fighters allied with forces loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh and government forces led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, along with local tribes and resistance forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes.