Amnesty International accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of diverting arms supplied by Western and other states to “unaccountable militias accused of war crimes” in Yemen.
The head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee (SRC) on Tuesday denounced US comments regarding the transfer of military equipment to third parties.
The top United States military commander in the Middle East suggested that America would continue to back its allies waging war in Yemen, despite new evidence of arms deal violations.
CNN says Saudi Arabia and UAE transferred US-made weapons to militias designated by the US as terrorist groups.
The United Nations Security Council has called on Yemen’s warring parties to pull their forces out of the Red Sea port city of Hodeida and two other ports “without further delays” under a recent UN-brokered ceasefire deal.
Every 10 minutes, a child in Yemen dies of war-related causes, starvation and cholera. Both the US House and Senate must pass the War Powers Resolutions to stop the war. #YemenCantWait
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