Journalist Jamal Khashoggi criticised the Saudi regime for its ‘cruel war’ in Yemen and weeks later it murdered him, sparking an international outcry. But while his fiancée frantically searched for his body, Britain’s military quietly sold spare parts to Saudi Arabia’s air force, so it could keep bombing Yemen. And that arms deal is just one in a series of controversial weapons exports uncovered by Declassified UK.
Yemen
‘A lot of people share my opinion within the military’, says soldier who protested against UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia
by PHIL MILLER | 18 December 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Ahmed Al-Batati, a Lance Corporal in the British army, staged a public protest against British arms sales to Saudi Arabia in August, concerned that “a child was dying every 10 minutes” in Yemen. In his first interview since becoming a civilian, he tells Declassified that others in the army share his view and that he took action because parliament did nothing.
Britain sent Saudi Arabia thousands of spare parts for warplanes amid arms embargo
by PHIL MILLER | 3 December 2020
TAGGED: BAE Systems, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The UK military supplied 2,323 spare parts for Tornado fighter jets to an arms company in Saudi Arabia last year, despite a court order against exporting weapons for use in the Yemen war, Declassified UK has found.
Saudi pilot killed in Yemen was trained by Britain, minister admits
by PHIL MILLER | 19 November 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
A Saudi air force officer who crashed while undertaking ‘operational tasks’ over Yemen was taught to fly by Britain’s Royal Air Force and arms corporation BAE Systems, the UK government has confirmed.
More than two dozen Saudi Typhoon pilots trained in Britain
by PHIL MILLER | 7 October 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Britain’s Royal Air Force has trained 25 pilots from Saudi Arabia to fly the powerful Typhoon jet and continues to provide instruction on using missiles involved in devastating attacks on civilians in Yemen.
British training of Saudi pilots continues amid bombing of Yemen
by PHIL MILLER | 23 September 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
UK defence minister admits that training of Saudi Typhoon pilots is continuing despite Riyadh using these British-made jets to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, a country on the brink of famine.
Revealed: Censored videos show Saudi pilots bombing Britain
by PHIL MILLER | 10 September 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The UK’s Royal Air Force is refusing to release video footage that shows fighter pilots from Saudi Arabia conducting air attacks in Britain, as part of a controversial military training scheme which involves 25 civilian airports.
Military police probe British soldier over Yemen war protest
by PHIL MILLER | 25 August 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
A serving British soldier is being investigated by the Royal Military Police for protesting against arms sales to Saudi Arabia. He accuses the government of having ‘blood on their hands’ and says: ‘I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a paycheck.’
For Sama’a: As Britain resumed arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a deadly airstrike in Yemen
by MATT KENNARD | 20 July 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Eyewitnesses in Yemen tell Declassified UK’s reporter on the ground about the aftermath of an airstrike that killed a young girl and her grandmother.
Children killed in Yemen by Saudi-led airstrikes days before and after UK arms sales resume
by PHIL MILLER | 15 July 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Airstrikes in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition killed eight children shortly before and after the UK government claimed there was ‘not a clear risk’ of British weapons being used for war crimes, Declassified has found.