The Real News Network
A leak of classified documents from the French Directorate of Military Intelligence shows that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are extremely dependent on U.S. and European weapons for their war on Yemen. The documents, released by French investigative journalism organization Disclose and translated by the Intercept, reveal that the U.S., France, and the U.K. assist coalition forces with targeting, making these countries complicit in war crimes; that France is aware that their weapons are routinely used in attacking civilians in Yemen; and that Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. are so dependent on NATO weaponry that it would take decades to replace it with Chinese or Russian weapons and to retrain soldiers with the new equipment.