A Yemeni soldier inspects a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, in this March 26, 2022 file photo. (HANI MOHAMMED /AP)
SANAA – Arms supplied by the United States and Britain continues to fuel Yemen's years-long civil war, killing and injuring many civilians, an investigation report released by charity organization Oxfam revealed on Wednesday.
According to the organization, during a 14-month period, weapons supplied by the United States and Britain killed 87 civilians and wounded 136 others across Yemen.
Oxfam's 43-page report pointed out that there was evidence that airstrikes and artillery attacks contained cluster munitions, which are prohibited under international conventions and customary law
Oxfam's report said that "hundreds of attacks on civilians in Yemen" were carried out between January 2021 and February 2022 with weapons supplied by the two Western countries.
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The 43-page report pointed out that there was evidence that airstrikes and artillery attacks contained cluster munitions, which are prohibited under international conventions and customary law.
The report urged the two countries to stop supplying arms for Yemen's eight-year-long conflict, confirming that 13 airstrikes carried out by British or American-made jets had taken place on hospitals and clinics in Yemen.
Various regions in Yemen are currently witnessing sporadic armed confrontations between Yemen's government force and the Houthi militia three months after the expiration of a humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the United Nations.
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Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 and the war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of starvation.