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Amnesty International has 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 organization said :"thousands more civilians have died from preventable causes, including malnutrition, disease and poor health."
Amnesty called for the suspension of the sale of arms to the warring parties in Yemen so that there is no real risk of using them in violation of humanitarian or human rights law.
An investigation by the US-based CNN network published on Tuesday revealed how US arms supplied to the Arab alliance led by Saudi Arabia have reached the hands of the Houthis group (Ansar Allah), which controls most of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, and al-Qaeda, which controls several areas in southern and eastern Yemen.
Yemen has been racked by an armed conflict that broke out after the Iran-backed Houthis had ousted the internationally recognized government late in 2014.
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015 to reinstate the government of President Hadi, leaving tens of thousands killed, hundreds of thousands injured, and 3 million displaced.
The war has pushed the country to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN, with more than two thirds of the 28-million population in need for a type of humanitarian aid and immediate protection, including 8.4 million people unsure how to get next meal, and some 2 million children suffering severe shortage of nutrition.
