HRW Calls On US To Compensate Yemenis After Deadly Raid
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 02, 2017 | 10:10 PM
DUBAI, Feb 2 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 02nd Feb, 2017 ) : The United States should compensate the families of those killed or wounded during an elite forces raid in Yemen that reportedly killed several civilians, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
One US serviceman was killed and four others were wounded in the Sunday operation -- the first major US raid in Yemen since Donald Trump became president. The US military's Central Command said Wednesday that it was "likely" that civilians died in the raid, which targeted members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the Yakla region of Baida province.
"The US military should fully investigate the civilian deaths resulting from the attack in Yemen, and should compensate families of civilians wrongfully killed and wounded civilians," HRW's terrorism and counter-terrorism director Nadim Houry said in a statement.
"The military forces involved should adopt measures to minimise further civilian losses in Yemen." The New York-based watchdog said it had spoken with witnesses who said at least 17 "men who had fired at US forces" and 10 civilians died in Sunday's raid.
Yemen has been riven by conflict since March 2015 when a Saudi-backed coalition began bombing raids against Huthi rebels who had seized the capital Sanaa from government control. The resulting lawlessness has allowed groups such as AQAP and the Islamic State group to gain territory. The US has kept up a long-running drone war on AQAP in Yemen.
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