Yemen: Armed Conflict

(asked on 8th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the activities of British air defence units in Saudi Arabia on the conflict in Yemen.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 14th June 2021

This deployment is purely defensive in nature and supports Saudi Arabia to mitigate the aerial threats it faces from different quarters. It is therefore not directly involved in the conflict in Yemen.

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