Mar 6, 2018

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister on Tuesday defended his country's "just" war in Yemen, on the eve of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's controversial visit to Britain.

"They criticise us for a war in Yemen that we did not want, that was imposed on us," Adel Al-Jubeir told BBC Radio 4.

"They criticise us for a war in Yemen that is a just war, that is supported by international law," he added.

Protest group Stop the War will hold a rally outside Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street residence at 5.00pm (1700 GMT) on Wednesday to denounce Saudi Arabia's "brutal and illegal bombing" in Yemen and London's support for the Middle Eastern regime.

NGO Save the Children will also protest the conflict by placing a life-size statue of a child near parliament "to draw attention to the violence that is being fuelled, in part, by British-made bombs."