Arab Coalition in Yemen Refutes UN Allegations About Military Operations

Arab Coalition in Yemen Refutes UN Allegations About Military Operations

The Arab Coalition's Joint Incident Assessment Team in Yemenhas refuted several allegations made by UN agencies, internationalorganizations and media outlets of fatal mistakes made by coalition forces inmilitary operations in the country.

During a press conference at the Armed Forces OfficersClub in Riyadh on Tuesday, JIAT spokesman Mansour Al-Mansour reviewed theresults of investigations into four incidents.

On Feb. 12, 2018, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rightssaid that three air strikes hit a Ministry of Interior building in the Thahbanneighborhood of Bani Al-Harith directorate in the capital Sana'a on Feb. 4,killing eight civilians, including a woman and a child, and injuring 32. Italso stated that UN human-rights monitors who visited the scene reported thatthere did not appear to be any military targets near the building, which wasalso attacked in 2016.

During its investigation into the incident, JIAT reviewedall documents, including procedures and rules of engagement, daily mission schedules,post-mission reports, video footage of the mission, satellite images, and theprovisions and principles of international humanitarian law.

It concluded that coalition forces received intelligenceindicating that Houthi armed militias had seized the General Department ofCriminal Evidence and were using it as a weapons depot to support theiroperations, making it a legitimate military target.

JIAT said that intelligence reports had revealed theestablishment of an armed checkpoint by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias on aroad near the building to prevent civilians from approaching and entering it.

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