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Despite Human Rights Abuses in Yemen, Saudi Soldiers Receive UK Military Training

More than 40 Saudi military cadets have been receiving training in British military colleges amid human rights abuse reports against the Gulf state’s forces in Yemen, local media reported on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
According to the information received through freedom of information channels by The Guardian, the cadets are being trained at Sandhurst, the Royal Air Force school at Cranwell and the Royal Navy College since 2015.
The British Ministry of Defense declined to inform the daily about the amounts of the contracts, the report said.