Amnesty calls for halt to arms sales to Saudi-led coalition

An international rights group has urged Western governments to stop supplying weapons to parties to the conflict in Yemen after reports that they were ending up in the hands of extremist groups.

Amnesty International's arms control and human rights researcher Patrick Wilcken said in a statement Wednesday that "the proliferation of unaccountable, UAE-backed militias is worsening the humanitarian crisis and posing a growing threat to the civilian population."