Rights Group Says US Complicit in Yemen Atrocities
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Human Rights Watch called for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen, and said the United States might be complicit in atrocities there.
The New York-based group said Thursday that more than 160 civilians were killed in one month, mostly by US bombs sold to the Saudi-led coalition that launched an aggression against Yemen some 19 months ago.
It says the US-supplied arms were newly-sold and used in airstrikes in September and October, putting the US at risk of complicity in unlawful attacks, AP reported.
Human Rights Watch researcher Priyanka Motaparthy said, "The Obama administration is running out of time to completely suspend US arms sales to Saudi Arabia or be forever linked to Yemen wartime atrocities."
