China News Agency, Beijing, January 11th. Comprehensive news: Oxfam, a UK-based aid organization, released a report on the 11th that the arms supply from the United States and the United Kingdom fueled the conflict in Yemen, resulting in a large number of civilian casualties.

  According to reports from the British "Guardian" and "Morning Star", a report released by Oxfam on the 11th showed that from January 2021 to the end of February 2022, the multinational coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia frequently launched attacks against the Houthis in Yemen. The military strike resulted in the death of at least 87 civilians, the injury of 136, and the destruction of a large number of infrastructures.

  The report pointed out that the United States and the United Kingdom continue to provide weapons to the multinational coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which is an important reason for the high intensity of military strikes.

A total of more than 1,700 military strikes affecting civilians were recorded in 14 months, and airstrikes carried out solely relying on weapons provided by the United States and Britain accounted for a quarter of the total.

  Martin Butcher, Oxfam Arms and Conflict Policy Advisor and author of the report, stressed that the intensity of military strikes would not have been possible without readily available supplies of weapons and that the countries involved must immediately stop the arms sales that are fueling the conflict in Yemen.

  According to the Guardian, U.S. President Biden said in February 2021 that the U.S. would stop selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia due to the situation in Yemen, but he has since allowed the sale of defense systems worth more than $4 billion.

  The Houthi rebels took over parts of Yemen in 2014.

In 2015, Saudi Arabia led the establishment of a multinational coalition to launch military operations against the Houthis.

The Yemeni government and the Houthis agreed to a ceasefire in 2018 under the mediation of the United Nations, but the two sides have since accused each other of violating the agreement.

  The ceasefire agreement between the parties to the conflict in Yemen came into force in April 2022 and was later extended until October 2 of the same year.

However, the parties have since failed to reach an agreement on a further extension of the ceasefire agreement.

So far, the multinational coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia have not restarted air strikes against the Houthis.

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