A study by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) has revealed that the death toll in Yemen is five times higher than previously thought. According to the study, 56,000 people rather than the 10,000 often reported have been killed in the war led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with the support of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.
The figure of 56,000 excludes the victims of the man-made famine caused by Saudi Arabia’s inhumane blockade of Yemen’s ports and persons killed between the start of the Saudi-led intervention in March 2015 and December 2015.
The U.K. has licensed around US$6.4 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen war began in March 2015, including billions in bombs, missiles, and aircraft.
— source telesurtv.net | 27 Oct 2018