Arms Watchdog: Stop weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen

 A major arms watchdog has lashed out at some signatories and parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), including the US, for their continued arms supply to Saudi Arabia, saying they should cut the sales of weapons as they are used against civilians in Yemen.

 

 A major arms watchdog has lashed out at some signatories and parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), including the US, for their continued arms supply to Saudi Arabia, saying they should cut the sales of weapons as they are used against civilians in Yemen.

Anna Macdonald, director of the watchdog Control Arms, said: “Every day, we are seeing the devastating impact of the sale of arms and ammunition to be used against civilians in Yemen.”

She added that countries like France, Britain and the United States have been “flouting international law in plain sight by continuing to sell billions of dollars worth of deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia.”

Saudi Arabia started an air campaign against Yemen in March 2015, killing thousands of civilians including women and children.