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Written question asked by Crispin Blunt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2017. It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Yemen: Military Intervention

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in the operations directorate conduct searches for media reporting of violations of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; and how many of those staff have a working knowledge of Arabic.

Answer

Officials in the Ministry of Defence's Operations Directorate work with a network of staff in wider Defence teams, other government departments, and staff in our Embassies to identify reports of potential international humanitarian law violations from a broad range of English and Arabic language press and social media sources. This network includes staff with Arabic language skills.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10373
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
International humanitarian law Staff Ministry of Defence Saudi Arabia Yemen Military intervention Arabic
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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