UN Investigates UK Involvement in Yemen War, Use of Child Soldiers

By Staff, Agencies

Last weekend’s revelation that British special forces were wounded in combat in Yemen initially sparked some major inquiries in parliament, as Britain long insisted they weren’t involved in the Yemen War. Now, the investigations are going international.

According to the Daily Mail, who broke the initial story, the United Nations [UN] is now launching an investigation into the British Special Forces’ involvement in Yemen, and in particular how it relates to Yemeni child soldiers.

Children as young as 13 are routinely allowed to fight for pro-Saudi militias, and the British forces are also apparently involved with them. The Daily Mail said they’d passed information about those ties to the UN.

The British government is so far trying to avoid talking about its role in the Yemen War by saying they don’t consider themselves involved in the Yemen War. That’s going to be a tough position to maintain, however, with parliament sniffing around for specifics.

There have been repeated claims that Saudi-backed forces have committed war crimes in attacks.

Just days ago, a hospital was hit by a suspected Saudi air strike on a gas station near a hospital, resulting in the death of at least seven people, including four children.

As many as 60,000 people have been martyred in the fighting while three million Yemenis have been internally displaced and eight million Yemenis rely on international aid agencies for food.