“Artillery bombardment in Al-Raqooq market in the border district of Manbeh Governorate # Sa’ada. The use of French weapons and expertise in aggression is a crime French law turns a blind eye to in exchange for arms deals” Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi Member of of the Supreme Political Council , wrote on his Twitter .
In spring, French media reported that parties to the Yemeni conflict were using the weapons, produced in the European country. The reports emerged several months after French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly told the France Inter broadcaster that she was not aware of any French weapons being used directly in Yemen.