Export control

UK minister ignored official warning over Saudi weapons exports, court hears

Saudi Arabia is the UK’s biggest weapons client: since the start of its campaign with other Middle Eastern nations in Yemen in March 2015, the government has granted licences for £3.3bn of munitions, aircraft and other military equipment for the campaign that has been largely waged from the air. But Saudi Arabia is accused of causing significant civilian casualties and destruction in one of the region’s poorest countries.