Yemen civil war: Norway suspends arms sales to UAE as part of ‘precautionary line’

There is “great concern” over the humanitarian crisis in the Arab world’s poorest country, says Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide

• Jan M. Olsen
• Independent
• AP

Norway has suspended exports of munitions and arms to the United Arab Emirates as a “precautionary line,” based on its assessment of the situation in Yemen.

A Saudi-led coalition including the UAE has been fighting Shia rebels in the country for nearly three years.

Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide said she had “no information” that any of Norway’s military exports have been used in Yemen, but that there’s “great concern” over the…

• Yemen civil war…