UAE puts six on trial on charges of supplying Yemen's Houthis


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Dec 2015

DUBAI (Reuters) - Six people are on trial in the United Arab Emirates on charges of providing supplies to the country's enemies from the Iran-allied Houthi movement in Yemen, the state news agency WAM said on Monday.

It was the first reported instance of people in the UAE being accused of helping the Houthis, who have killed scores of Emirati soldiers deployed in battlefronts throughout Yemen.

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