Saudi Arabia Increases War Pilots’ Pay by Up to 60%
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The Saudi cabinet announced a pay increase of up to 60 percent for its aggression air force pilots on Monday, state news agency SPA reported as a military campaign led by the kingdom in neighboring Yemen entered its third year.
Saudi Arabia and its mostly Gulf Arab allies have launched thousands of brutal air strikes against mostly civilian targets in an alleged attempt to dislodge Yemen's Ansarullah revolutionary movement from the capital Sanaa.
The cabinet amended laws pertaining to military officers, allowing air force pilots and weapons operators to receive a 35 percent rise on basic salary, a statement said.
The increase for officers flying fighter jets and operating their weapons systems will be 60 percent, it said.
No reason was given for the move, nor an indication of what their current salaries might be.
However, the world's biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia has implemented some austerity measures to wean its citizens off decades of government largesse.
But the kingdom remains determined to make any ‘achievement' in the war next door, where at least 10,000 people have lost their lives according to United Nations figures, and last year exempted active soldiers from cuts to annual leave and bonuses.
In this regard, rights groups say the Saudi-led coalition's air campaign has included strikes against civilian targets such as hospitals, schools, markets, factories and homes, killing hundreds of civilians in what constitute war crimes.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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