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المملكة: The joint team for the evaluation of accidents in Yemen refutes 4 allegations


Released by a statement regarding the prosecution that the coalition forces targeted (houses) in the village of (Al -Hajar) Directorate (Mirkha Al -Lower) in the province of (Shabwa) on (1/4/2019)." The coalition aircraft, on (1/4/2019), targeted (houses) in the village of (Al -Hajar) in the Directorate Satellite, the rules of engagement of the coalition forces, the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, and after the evaluation of evidence; The joint team became clear that the (Mirkha Al -Lower) Directorate is located in the western part of (Shabwa), (the prosecution did not include a coordinator of the prosecution site). The weather tasks implemented by the coalition forces for the previous day and the next day of the date mentioned in the prosecution, it was found for the following joint team:

1 / dated (3/1/2019) before the date mentioned in the prosecution one day, the coalition forces did not implement any air tasks on the province (Shabwa). The coalition forces are any air tasks in the province (Shabwa). The joint team to evaluate the incidents reached the failure of the coalition forces targeting (houses) in the village of (Al -Hajar) in the Directorate of (Mirkha Al -Lower) in the (Shabwa) Governorate on (4/1/2019) as stated in the claim." Accidents A statement regarding the prosecution that the coalition forces targeted (mosque) in (Al -Sawad) in (Imran) on (9/23/2019). (A mosque) in (Al -Sawad) in (Imran) Governorate. The implementation of weather tasks and listening to their statements, the rules of engagement of the coalition forces, the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, and after evaluating the evidence, it became clear to the joint team that there is an area in Amran Governorate in the name of (isolation of blackness), and is located in the western part of the (Harf Sufyan) district in the (Imran) governorate, (it was not included in the prosecution of the prosecution site). The weather tasks executed by the coalition forces on (9/23/2019), which is the date mentioned in the prosecution, shows the joint team that the coalition forces did not carry out any air tasks on the (Amran) governorate. By studying the weather tasks executed by the coalition forces on (9/22/2019) before the date mentioned in the prosecution, it was found to the joint team that intelligence information was received to the coalition forces stating that the Houthi militia is preparing a large number of its fighter elements in a crowd sites that are (specific squares) in the (Harf Sufyan) district in (Imran) governorate, in preparation for launching a major attack on the legitimate forces, and requires the situation They monitored and targeted them immediately according to specific coordinates that constitute (4) squares, which is a legitimate military target that achieves a tangible, direct and sure military advantage, based on Article (52) of the first additional protocol of the Geneva and Al Qaeda Conventions (8) of customary international humanitarian law. Availability of verification degrees through immediate monitoring operations, where the air formation executed for the task monitored several (gatherings of combat elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia) at the crowd sites inside the squares specified in the Directorate of (Harf Sufyan) in (Imran) Governorate, based on al -Qaeda (16) of the customary international humanitarian law. The coalition forces at 9:32 pm on (9/22/2019) implemented an air mission on legitimate military targets consisting (gatherings of combat elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia), in a crowd sites consisting of (specific squares) in the Directorate One of them moved to a (room) close and stayed in it, and thus the legal protection prescribed for the civilian objects fell from (the room) for its contribution to the military actions, and it was dealt with using one directed bomb that hit the target, based on Article (52) of the first additional protocol of the Geneva Conventions, and Al Qaeda (8) of the customary international humanitarian law. Possible precautions to avoid causing losses or damages to civilians and civilian objects, or reduce them in any case to a minimum during planning and implementation of the military operation, based on Article (57) of the first additional protocol of the Geneva Conventions, and the rules (15) and (17) of the customary international humanitarian law through the following: 1 / Use of guided bombs with the size of the military target. 2 /Ensure that there are no civilians before and during the implementation of the targeting process. There are no signs showing the nature of the room. By studying the statement of the air crew executing the air task, it was found to the following joint team:

1 /The waiting air formation was directed to wait in a safe area until the arrival of the fighter plane designated to provide air support to put out any threats to hostile air defenses, and then enter the target area. The squares, while dealing with them, moved a group of them to a room and stayed in it and dealt with them. The coalition forces targeted (a mosque) in (Al -Sawad) in (Imran), while the coalition forces targeted (gatherings of fighter elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia) at a crowd sites that are (specific squares), and while dealing with it, one of them moved to (a room) in an uninhabited area between the specified squares, and stayed in it. September) in the area of ​​(Harf Sufyan) in which the room is located is at (8:06) in the evening, and the timing of the implementation of the air mission was at (9:32) in the evening. In light of this, the joint team to evaluate the accidents reached the following:

1 / The validity of the measures taken by the coalition forces in dealing with the legitimate military targets (gatherings of fighter elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia) in a crowd sites that are (specific square / 2019), and it agrees with international humanitarian law and its customary rules. 3 / The occasion that the coalition countries provide voluntary assistance on the damage that occurred to the room if it was proven that they were used as a chapel. With what was stated in the periodic report (eleventh) on the work of the National Committee to investigate the allegations of human rights violations in Yemen issued on (July 2023), which includes that after the Houthi group took control of the villages and isolation of the (Sarwah) district, the group members stormed a number of public institutions, including schools and hospitals, and were stationed in (Sarwah Rural Hospital) after they tampered with its contents and turned it into a military barrack As a result, the hospital was targeted on (4/24/2015) by Arab coalition aircraft, and this caused the hospital building to completely destroy, (a coordinate facility for the prosecution site). Post -task reports, satellite photos, visit members of the joint team of the operations centers and relevant field units, the website of the Yemeni National Information Center specified for health centers and hospitals in the Republic of Yemen, the list of sites banned targeted by the coalition forces (NSL), the rules of engagement of the coalition forces, the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, and after evaluating the evidence, it shows the joint team that (Sarwah Rural Hospital) is located In the village of (Sarwah) in the (Sarwah) district, west of the governorate of (Marib), and the site is included in the list of the prohibited sites targeted by the coalition forces (NSL). With a fence. By studying the weather tasks executed by the coalition forces for the previous day and the day after the date mentioned in the prosecution, it was found for the following joint team:

1 / dated (4/23/2015) before the date mentioned in the prosecution by one day, the coalition forces did not implement any air tasks on the village (Sarwah). The coalition forces carry out any weather tasks on the village (Sarwah). Accidents are a statement regarding the prosecution that the coalition forces targeted (a small truck and a house) in the village of (Al -Jar) in the (Abs) district of (Hajjah) governorate on 16/6/2019 AD. In the (Abs) district in the governorate of (Hajjah), and after about (10) minutes, it hit an air strike by the coalition forces, a small truck parked in (the village), and after about (10) minutes of the first blow hit a second air strike (house) and destroyed it, (a coordination facility for the prosecution site). Air tasks, the schedule of inventory of the daily tasks, the procedures for implementing the task, post -task reports, satellite images, visit members of the joint team to the operations centers and relevant field units, rules of engagement to the coalition forces, principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, and after evaluating the evidence, it became clear to the joint team that the village (Al -Jar) is located in the center of the (Abs) district of (Hajjah) governorate. By studying the weather tasks executed by the coalition forces by combat aircraft and drones on (6/6/2019), which is the date mentioned in the prosecution, the joint team found that the coalition forces did not carry out any air tasks on the village of (traction). By claiming, it became clear to the following joint team:

1 / dated (6/15/2019) before the date mentioned in the prosecution, the coalition forces did not carry out any air tasks on the village of (Al -Jar). /> Specialists in the joint team studied the satellite images of the prosecution in the village of (Al -Jar) after the date mentioned in the prosecution, and it was found that there were no air targeting effects on it. It was mentioned by the claim.

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