JIAT

Arab coalition forms committee to manage requests of those affected in Yemen

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

The Joint Incident Assessment Team (JIAT) of the Arab Coalition announced that a committee was formed upon a royal order to manage the requests of those affected in Yemen. JIAT said that the Houthis chose their headquarters to be near the hospitals. The team added in a press conference in Riyadh that the bombing operations are based upon intelligence information,Read more

JIAT task force on Yemen releases report on recent Hudaydah strikes

Aden - Muslimchronicle

The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) on Yemen provided a detailed report on Tuesday on recent coalition airstrikes in the cities of Hudaydah and Aden. Spokesperson for JIAT, Mansour al-Mansour, confirmed that a recent August 27 airstrike that hit an education complex in the port city of Hudaydah was only approved after coalition forces ensured no presence of civilians onRead more

JIAT publishes findings into Yemen airstrikes

Riyadh - Arab Today

An investigation by the Saudi-led coalition’s Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) has determined that the coalition targeted a legitimate military target in an airstrike in Yemen’s Hajah directorate on Aug. 30, 2015. However, the JIAT said the coalition should apologize for the unintentional killing and injury of nearby factory workers due to weather conditions causing the laser-guided bomb to missRead more

Probe reveals deadly error by Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

Riyadh - Arab Today

A probe committee revealed on Sunday an error made by the Saudi-led coalition during an attack targeting militants in the Hajjah Governorate in Yemen, Al Arabiya local news reported. The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) tasked with evaluating the Arab coalition's actions in Yemen said the coalition forces inadvertently hit a water-bottling factory in Hajjah on Aug. 30, 2015 when attackingRead more

Arab coalition says it accidentally bombed Yemen hospital

Cairo - Arab Today

An internal investigation committee said on Tuesday that the Arab military coalition accidentally bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen, which killed 19 people and forced the international group to pull out from northern Yemen. Mansour Al Mansour, the committee spokesman, said that an inquiry into the August bombing of the MSF hospital in the northern city of AbsRead more

Coalition opens probe into deadly Yemen hospital raid

Riyadh - Arab Today

A Saudi-led coalition said it had launched an "independent" investigation into "reports" of an air strike on a hospital in Yemen which Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said killed 11 people. More than 19 people were also wounded in the raid that hit the MSF-supported hospital in the rebel-held northern province of Hajja, the Paris-based aid agency said, adding that oneRead more