[An Nahar] A civilian is killed every three hours in Yemen, Oxfam said Friday, calling on the United States, Britannia and other European states to suspend arms sales to Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
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"One civilian has been killed every three hours in fighting in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
since the beginning of August, with many more people succumbing to disease and hunger," Oxfam said in a statement.
Citing data collected by the Civilian Impact Monitoring Project, linked to the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
global protection clusters, the aid group said 575 non-combatants were killed between August 1 and October 15, including 136 children.
"Oxfam is calling on the UK, U.S. and other governments to suspend arms sales to the Saudis because of their disregard for civilian lives in the war in Yemen," read the Oxfam statement.
Saudi Arabia leads a pro-government military alliance that has battled Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis since 2015, pushing the impoverished country to the brink of famine.
The U.N. categorizes Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, warning Tuesday that 14 million people now face a serious threat of famine.
Following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- the Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic killed in his country's Istanbul consulate this month -- rights and aid groups have urged Western states to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia.