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A [[United Nations|UN]] report in August 2018, said that coalition air strikes have caused the most direct civilian casualties.[{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014, (Yemen: United Nations Experts point to possible war crimes by parties to the conflict) |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/08/yemen-united-nations-experts-point-possible-war-crimes-parties-conflict?LangID=E&NewsID=23479 |website=OHCHR, UN}}][{{Cite web |title=UN: Suspected war crimes in Yemen committed by all sides |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/8/28/un-suspected-war-crimes-in-yemen-committed-by-all-sides |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}] Turki responded by accusing the UN of being "biased" and of being under Houthi pressure.[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-08-27 |title='No war without collateral damage', says Saudi-led coalition |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/no-war-without-collateral-damage-says-saudi-led-coalition |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=New Arab |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-27 |title=Saudi-led coalition accuses UN of bias in Yemen |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180827-saudi-led-coalition-accuses-un-bias-yemen |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=France 24 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-28 |title=Saudi-led coalition accuses UN of bias in Yemen |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/region/saudi-led-coalition-accuses-un-bias-yemen |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}] He said this in spite of [[Ban Ki-moon|Ban Ki-Moon]] having admitted to having removed Saudi Arabia from its 2015 list of “parties that kill or maim children” and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals” after 'undue' financial pressure from the Saudi government in June 2016.[{{Cite news |date=2016-06-10 |title=Saudi Arabia removed from UN's child-killer list after 'undue' financial pressure, admits Ban Ki-Moon |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-removed-from-uns-child-killer-list-after-undue-financial-pressure-admits-ban-ki-moon/34789208.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}][{{Cite news |last=Cairo |first=Bel Trew |date=June 11, 2016 |title=Saudis bullied UN to leave them off list of child killers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/saudis-bullied-un-to-leave-them-off-list-of-child-killers-z02kqhphq |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=[[The Times]] |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}][{{Cite web |last=Emmons |first=Alex |date=2016-06-07 |title=U.N. Quickly Removes Saudi-Led Coalition From Its List of Child Killers |url=https://theintercept.com/2016/06/07/u-n-quickly-removes-saudi-led-coalition-from-its-list-of-child-killers/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}] |
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A [[United Nations|UN]] report in August 2018, said that coalition air strikes have caused the most direct civilian casualties.[{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014, (Yemen: United Nations Experts point to possible war crimes by parties to the conflict) |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/08/yemen-united-nations-experts-point-possible-war-crimes-parties-conflict?LangID=E&NewsID=23479 |website=OHCHR, UN}}][{{Cite web |title=UN: Suspected war crimes in Yemen committed by all sides |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/8/28/un-suspected-war-crimes-in-yemen-committed-by-all-sides |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}] Turki responded by accusing the UN of being "biased" and of being under Houthi pressure.[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-08-27 |title='No war without collateral damage', says Saudi-led coalition |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/no-war-without-collateral-damage-says-saudi-led-coalition |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=New Arab |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-27 |title=Saudi-led coalition accuses UN of bias in Yemen |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180827-saudi-led-coalition-accuses-un-bias-yemen |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=France 24 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-28 |title=Saudi-led coalition accuses UN of bias in Yemen |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/region/saudi-led-coalition-accuses-un-bias-yemen |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}] He said this in spite of [[Ban Ki-moon|Ban Ki-Moon]] having admitted to having removed Saudi Arabia from its 2015 list of “parties that kill or maim children” and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals” after 'undue' financial pressure from the Saudi government in June 2016.[{{Cite news |date=2016-06-10 |title=Saudi Arabia removed from UN's child-killer list after 'undue' financial pressure, admits Ban Ki-Moon |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-removed-from-uns-child-killer-list-after-undue-financial-pressure-admits-ban-ki-moon/34789208.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}][{{Cite news |last=Cairo |first=Bel Trew |date=June 11, 2016 |title=Saudis bullied UN to leave them off list of child killers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/saudis-bullied-un-to-leave-them-off-list-of-child-killers-z02kqhphq |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=[[The Times]] |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}][{{Cite web |last=Emmons |first=Alex |date=2016-06-07 |title=U.N. Quickly Removes Saudi-Led Coalition From Its List of Child Killers |url=https://theintercept.com/2016/06/07/u-n-quickly-removes-saudi-led-coalition-from-its-list-of-child-killers/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607140534/https://theintercept.com/2016/06/07/u-n-quickly-removes-saudi-led-coalition-from-its-list-of-child-killers/|archive-date=2016-06-07|url-access=registration}}] |
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An August 2017 early morning attack in the [[:File:Faj Attan, Sana'a - panoramio.jpg|Faj Attan]] area of Sanaa hit a vacant building but caused an adjacent apartment block to collapse, killing at least 12 people, six of them children; Turki al-Maliki defended the strike as having "a legitimate military target", which he said was a Houthi command and control centre. A senior [[International Committee of the Red Cross|ICRC]] official visited the site of the strike on Friday and said, "From what we saw on the ground, there was no apparent military target."[{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2017 |title=Saudi-led force admits strike in Yemen's capital hit civilians |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security-strike-idINKCN1B60L2/ |work=[[Reuters]]|url-access=limited}}] |
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An August 2017 early morning attack in the [[:File:Faj Attan, Sana'a - panoramio.jpg|Faj Attan]] area of Sanaa hit a vacant building but caused an adjacent apartment block to collapse, killing at least 12 people, six of them children; Turki al-Maliki defended the strike as having "a legitimate military target", which he said was a Houthi command and control centre. A senior [[International Committee of the Red Cross|ICRC]] official visited the site of the strike on Friday and said, "From what we saw on the ground, there was no apparent military target."[{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2017 |title=Saudi-led force admits strike in Yemen's capital hit civilians |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security-strike-idINKCN1B60L2/ |work=[[Reuters]]|url-access=limited}}] |
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