Britain to resume sale of arms to Saudi Arabia despite Yemen fears

Official review finds airstrikes on civilians were isolated incidents'

Britain is to resume the sales of arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the Yemeni conflict just over a year after the court of appeal ruled them unlawful because ministers had not properly assessed the risk to civilian casualties.

In a written statement the trade secretary, Liz Truss, said sales would restart after an official review concluded that there had only been isolated incidents" of airstrikes in Yemen that breached humanitarian law.