European Organization: The Saudi -Led Coalition Uses White Phosphorus Munitions in Yemen

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The Belgian International Human Rights Organization (BAMRO) said in a report published on its official website that it has detected the use of phosphorus in a number of areas witnessed armed conflict such as Yemen, confirming in a report that the Saudi-led coalition uses white phosphorus munitions in its aggression on Yemen .

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The organization warned of the danger of using WP in conflict areas because this lethal weapon has a dangerous impact on the life of humanity, which is within the weapons that pose a greater threat to human life because this weapon ignites when it is exposed to oxygen in the atmosphere and continues to flare up until being consumpted  or oxygen being finished  ,and it Its chemical reaction generates a very high temperature of up to (815) degrees Celsius in addition to light and smoke.

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According to the report, this weapon causes the burning of the human body chemically or thermally even the bones because it is soluble in fat , .Above all , its effects may remain even after treatment.

White phosphorus munitions have been used in at least six other armed conflicts between 2000 and 2016 in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Somalia, Iraq, Gaza and Lebanon.