Conflicts to Watch in The New Millennium

On 25 March 2019 Mark Lancaster told the UK parliament that Britain's Royal Air
Force (RAF) was providing "engineering support" and "generic training" to Saudi
Arabian military.
According to the Guardian News agency, more than 40 Saudi officers have been trained
at prestigious British military colleges since the Saudi intervention in Yemen
started. This officers mostly trained at Sandhurst, the RAF’s school at Cranwell and
the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth since 2015. The MoD refused to state the earned
money from the Saudi contracts, because it could influence Britain’s relations with the
Saudis.
Abdul-Malik Badreddin, The Houthi leader condemned the UK military cooperation and
arms sales to Saudi military. According to a Sky News analysis, The UK has sold at
least £5.7bn worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since 2015. [435]
Priyanka Motaparthy, senior emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch, said:
“These revelations confirm once again how the UK military is working hand in glove with
the Saudis.
France
France is also a significant arms supplier to Saudi Arabia. It has supplied over 2 billion
dollars including armored vehicles, air defence systems, and aircraft
subsystems. France has also supplied the UAE with arms, despite the UAE and the
militias it backs being implicated in war crimes and other serious violations.
Private Military Involvement
On 22 November 2015, The New York Times reported the United Arab Emirates had
contracted Academi to deploy 450 Colombian, Panamanian, Salvadoran and
Chilean mercenaries to Yemen in October.
On 9 December, Australian media reported an Australian mercenary commander was
killed in Yemen alongside six Colombian nationals after Houthi fighters and Saleh army
units attacked Saudi-led forces in the country's south-west.
Overall Airstrike Casualties
Year Date Place Deaths Source
2015 26 March – 7 Sanaʽa 88 civilians U.N.
April
2015 26 March – Sanaʽa 209 people U.N.
23 April
2015 30 March Mazraq 29 civilians U.N.
2015 31 March Saada 19 civilians U.N.
2015 31 March Ibb province 14 people (11
Local sources
civilians)
2015 31 March Wadi Saan 10 civilians Local sources
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