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We do not just want Britain to suspend arms sales to parties to the Yemeni conflict, but to build towards peace and socialism, says LLOYD RUSSELL-MOYLE
Smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes hit a food factory in Sanaa, Yemen

ON APRIL 22 this year, the Saudi royal air force bombed a wedding party in the village of al-Raaqah village, in northern Yemen. 

The young bride and groom survived but scores of their relatives were killed and injured, including 26 children, whose dismembered limbs were scattered among the branches of the surrounding trees.

Since Saudi Arabia intervened in a civil war three years ago, such attacks are commonplace. Over 22 million people need humanitarian assistance, half of whom are children. 

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