Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says U.S., U.K. Helping to Improve Targeting: Spokesman

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The spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Sunday that American and British military experts were advising its forces on how to improve aerial targeting.

"Experts from the United States ... (will) work on extensive reports and develop operating mechanisms, together with the British side," Saudi coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri told journalists in Riyadh. He said the advisers held a workshop in recent days at the coalition headquarters.

Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015.

About 8,300 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi war has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.

Yemeni forces have been engaged in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team