Oxfam exposes role of ‘US and UK’ weapons in killing Yemeni people

WORLD, Feb. 21 (YPA) – Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out 1,700 attacks against civilians in Yemen using American and British weapons, causing the deaths of at least 87 Yemenis in one year,  Oxfam organization said in its report.

According to Middle East Eye (MEE), Oxfam said the UK has been helping to fuel a renewed “pattern of violence against civilians” in the war-torn country through its arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Between January 2021 and the end of February 2022, Oxfam counted more than 1,700 attacks on civilians in Yemen, a quarter of which were by the coalition solely using weapons supplied by the US and UK.

During this period, Oxfam found that in addition to 87 civilian deaths, the coalition was responsible for 136 injuries, as well as 19 attacks on hospitals, clinics and ambulances and 293 attacks that forced people to flee their homes.

“The sheer number of attacks on civilians is stark testament to the terrible tragedy the people of Yemen have suffered,” said Martin Butcher, Oxfam’s policy adviser on arms and conflict, and author of the report, in a statement.

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