Campaigners have criticized the United Nations for removing the
Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen from a list of groups violating
children’s rights, adding that the coalition was responsible for the
death or injury of two hundred and twenty-two children last year.
The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen will be delisted for the
violation of killing and maiming, following a sustained significant
decrease in killing and maiming due to air strikes.
The report was issued as Houthi rebels reported that an airstrike from
the Saudi-led coalition struck a vehicle carrying civilians in
northern Yemen last Monday, killing thirteen people, including four
children.
The coalition intervened in 2015 in Yemen to support the
internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour
Hadi, who was deposed by the Houthi rebels in 2014.
It has been widely blamed for civilian casualties in bombing raids
that campaigners say have pushed the country deeper into crisis.
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