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CAIRO: An international rights group urged the West on Wednesday to stop supplying weapons to parties to the conflict in Yemen after reports that the arms were ending up in the hands of extremists. Amnesty International researcher Patrick Wilcken said “the proliferation of unaccountable” militias in Yemen, which he said were backed by the United Arab Emirates, is “worsening the …

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