UK must suspend some military supplies to Saudi Arabia: Corbyn

British Prime Minister Theresa May must suspend some military supplies to Saudi Arabia over Riyadh’s use of UK-made cluster bombs in Yemen, Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.

May must also explain why it took so long for the government to recognize that the cluster bombs banned by an international treaty were dropped in Yemen by Saudi Arabia, said Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party.

There was “pretty strong evidence” available for months that cluster bombs sold from Britain in the 1980s had been deployed in the Saudi war against Yemen, Corbyn said.

On Monday, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon admitted that Saudi Arabia was using British-made cluster bombs in Yemen which it has purchased in the 1980s. Fallon made the admission only after an official confirmation from Saudi Arabia.

“Even the US has suspended some military supplies to Saudi Arabia. Why can’t we do the same?”

At least 11,400 people have died as the result of the Saudi campaign in the kingdom’s impoverished neighbor since March 2015, according to the latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.