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An international coalition of 100 aid and rights organizations has urged Western countries to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia for its extensive air campaign in Yemen.
The Control Arms Coalition says the air campaign has caused heavy casualties. The group on Friday released a report listing 11 countries - including France, Britain, U.S. and Germany - that it says have sold arms such as drones, missiles and bombs worth $25 billion dollars in 2015 to the kingdom.
The report says the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen amounts to a "gross violations of human rights and possible war crimes."
More than 8,300 people, among them 2,236 children, have been killed and 16,015 others injured since the start of the aggression. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
