Saudis: investigating civilian deaths Yemen

- The war coalition that for almost a year rebel bombing in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, will itself investigate whether there were civilian deaths in cases and how it can be prevented in the future. That the Saudis made known Sunday.,, The coalition regrets civilian casualties in Yemen strongly, 'the Saudi delegation announced at the UN.

International organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and the UN blame the coalition for some time of the harassment of civilian targets. The question is whether deliberately or by accident. According to a recent UN report has been 119 cases may have occurred,, violation of international humanitarian law '. Amnesty spoke earlier of possible war crimes.

An independent commission will investigate the matter, said Saudi Arabia. The way in which targets are selected, will be examined.

During the conflict in Yemen include hospitals and schools destroyed by bombing. But the other parties to the conflict victims among the civilian population. Every day in the Arab country average of three children killed by violence of the coalition, the Houthi rebels or terrorists, quantified the organization Save the Children last year. In total, the struggle according to the UN has claimed at least six thousand lives.

The coalition has managed the Houthis, a Shiite group that is supported by the Saudis Iran to reduce. They had owned a considerable part of the country, but had strategic places such abandon the port city of Aden. Initiate peace talks earlier this month did not succeed.