A Saudi-led multinational coalition fighting in Yemen has been included on a draft United Nations list of parties that kill and maim children in war.
The text says the coalition’s actions resulted in 683 child casualties during 2016, and accuses it of carrying out 38 attacks on schools and hospitals.
Yemeni government forces, which the coalition is supporting, and the rebel Houthi movement are also on the list.
The coalition has denied intentionally targeting civilians or infrastructure.
More than 8,530 people, 60% of them civilians, have been killed and 48,800 injured in air strikes and fighting on the ground since March 2015, according to the UN.
The conflict has also left 20.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, created the world’s largest food security emergency, and led to a cholera outbreak that is believed to have affected 775,000 people and caused 2,130 deaths.
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