FoI requests reveal extent of RAF and army cooperation amid international outcry over kingdom’s airstrikes on YemenSenior British military officers are providing targeting training to Saudi forces,including for cruise missile attacks, despite the kingdom’s airstrikes on neighbouring Yemen provoking an international outcry over civilian casualties.
The extent of the assistance to Saudi units from the Ministry of Defence has emerged from freedom of information (FoI) requests made by the human rights organisation Reprieve, or which is urging the British government to reconsider providing military support.
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Source: theguardian.com