Saudi Arabia dropped British-made cluster bombs in Yemen

Michael Fallon tells Commons a 'limited number' of the banned missiles were dropped in air strikes

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British-made cluster bombs have been used by the Saudi-led coalition during the conflict in Yemen, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon revealed.

He told the Commons yesterday a "limited number" of BL-755 cluster munitions exported from the UK in the 1980s had been dropped in air strikes.

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