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Arab coalition admits to 'shortcomings' in Yemen strikes


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The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen acknowledged Thursday "shortcomings" in two out of eight cases it has investigated of UN-condemned air strikes on civilian targets in the country. A 14-member investigative team -- made up of coalition states Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Yemen -- probed claims of attacks on a residential area, hospitals, markets, a wedding and World Food Programme aid trucks. "We found shortcomings in two cases while the rest were in line with international humanitarian law," the team's Bahraini spokesman, Mansur al-Mansur, told a briefing in Riyadh.

 

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