Riyadh, A statement was issued by the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) regarding the allegation that the Coalition Forces targeted (houses) in (Al-Hamra) village in (Tuban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate on (01/08/2015). With regard to what was forwarded to JIAT by the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights in Yemen (NCIAVHR), during its field visit to Yemen on (March 2021), that on (01/08/2015) at (12:50), Coalition Forces aircraft targeted houses in a residential neighborhood in (Al-Hamra) village in (Toban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate. JIAT vetted the incident, and reviewed all documents, including air tasking orders, daily mission schedule, mission execution procedures, after mission reports, satellite images, JIAT's field visit report to several directorates and governorates in Yemen, Coalition Forces rules of engagement, provisions and principles of International Humanitarian Law and its customary rules, and after assessment of evidences, JIAT found that ( Al-Hamra) village is located in the middle of (Tuban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate. JIAT specialists studied the satellite images of claimed location, and found the following: 1. The houses of the claim are located in a residential area in (Al-Hamra) village in (Tuban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate. 2. Traces of damage to some houses inside a residential neighborhood in (Al-Hamra) village, JIAT is unable to determine the cause of it. Members of JIAT conducted a field visit to the claimed location in (Al-Hamra) village, and were unable to determine the cause of the damage due to the following: 1. Constructing of new buildings on the location of the claim. 2. fading of evidence and changes in the claimed location, due to the long period of time between the date of the JIAT visit to the claimed location on (03/03/2021), and the date stated in the claim on (01/08/2015). By studying the air missions carried out by the Coalition Forces on (01/08/2015), which is the date of the claim, JIAT found that the Coalition Forces did not carry out any air mission on (Al-Hamra) village. By studying the daily mission schedule carried out by the Coalition Forces one day prior and one day after the claimed date, JIAT found the following: 1. On (31/07/2015) the day prior to the claimed date, Coalition Forces did not carry out any air mission on (Al-Hamra) village. 2. On (02/08/2015) the day after the claimed date, Coalition Forces did not carry out an air missions on (Al-Hamra) village of the claim. In light of that; JIAT found that Coalition Forces did not target (houses) in (Al-Hamra) village in (Tuban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate, on (01/08/2015), as claimed. Source: Saudi Press Agency