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المملكة: The joint team for the evaluation of accident


Released by The joint team." target ="_Blank"> The periodic report (eleventh) on the work of the National Committee to investigate the allegations of human rights violations in Yemen, that the Houthi group stormed the (Sarwah) district, and seized a number of archaeological sites, and they were stationed with their entire military equipment, including (Maqqa Archaeological Temple). (Marib) on (1/14/2016 AD) with a missile (Joe -Land), and this missile strike caused partial damage to the pillars of the temple and the antiquities in it, (a coordinated attachment to the prosecution site)." target ="_Blank"> By searching and finding facts about the occurrence of the incident, and after reviewing all the documents including the air tasks order, the schedule of inventory of daily tasks, the task implementation procedures, post -task reports, video recordings of the executed task, satellite images, open sources, visit members of the joint team to operations centers and relevant field units, rules of engagement to the coalition forces, principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, After evaluating the evidence; It was found to the joint team that (the temple of Al -Muqqa) is located in the village of (Sarwah) in the Directorate of (Sarwah) in the (Marib) governorate, and the site is defined in the open sources as (the temple of Al -Muqqa). Aerial relative) on a specific coordination in the Directorate of (Sarwah), to target (a gathering of fighter elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia) that is holed up inside the (Memah site). The coalition forces, under the direction of the front wave, implemented an air mission on a military target consisting of (a gathering of combat elements belonging to the Houthi armed militia, which is holed up inside the Mamah site) on a specific coordination in the (Sarwah) district of (Marib) governorate, and is a distance of (350) meters from (the temple of Al -Makqa) in place Specialists in the joint team to study the satellite images of the military target site after the date of the prosecution and show the following: 1 / The military target is located in a space land. 2 / The military target is a distance of (350) meters from (the temple of Al -Muqqa) in place of the prosecution, which is a safe distance and outside the scope of the side effects of the bomb. By studying video recordings of the executing air mission, it was found to the following joint team:
1- focusing the scoring on the military target (gathering of combat elements of the Houthi armed militia inside the Memah site) in a space land.
2- The bomb hit the military target accurate The following subscriber:
1- dated (1/13/2016 AD) before the date mentioned in the prosecution, the coalition forces did not carry out any air tasks on the village (Sarwah). There are no air targeting effects on the site. In light of this; The joint team to evaluate the incidents reached that the coalition forces had not targeted (the temple of Al -Maqqa) in the (Sarwah) district of (Marib) on (1/14/2016 AD), as stated by the prosecution.

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