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German court rejects Yemeni complaint against U.S. air base supporting drone attacks

The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, (l-r), Thomas Offenloch, Astrid Wallrabenstein, Ulrich Maidowski, Doris König (Chairwoman of the Second Senate), Christine Langenfeld, Rhona Fetzer, Peter Frank, announce the verdict on US drone missions via Ramstein | Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

Germany’s top court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional complaint over the government’s legal responsibility for U.S. drone attacks carried out in Yemen with the assistance of facilities at a U.S. air base in Ramstein. The Constitutional Court, based in the south-western city of Karlsruhe, denied the suit brought by two Yemeni nationals whose relatives were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen in 2012.