Saudis failed to investigate air strikes on Yemen civilians - rights group


  • World
  • Saturday, 28 Nov 2015

A boy walks past houses damaged in the current conflict in the old quarter of Yemen's capital Sanaa November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

DUBAI (Reuters) - An international rights group accused a Saudi-led coalition of failing to investigate air strikes that have killed hundreds of civilians in Yemen, and said Washington should look into violations of the laws of war in which it played a role.

A coalition of Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia and allied to the United States, has been attacking Iran-allied Houthis who had seized much of Yemen in a series of military operations since September last year.

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