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 attacking a moving military target, killing at least 14 workers.
According to initial data, an airstrike was carried out after intelligence showed mobile anti-aircraft artillery located about 80 meters from the factory.
However, the airstrike targeting the artillery apparently deviated from its intended route because of weather conditions and fell on the factory instead.
It wasn't the only catastrophic error by the coalition, which also claimed responsibility for a deadly hotel bombing in Yemen in October 2016, citing miscommunication and promising to revise its airstrike procedures.
So far, the two-year civil war in Yemen has led to the deaths of thousands of civilians and showed no sign of ending.
Source: Xinhua
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