ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government blocked on Wednesday exports to the Middle East of war materiel worth some 19 million Swiss francs (£13.7 million) that it suspected could wind up fuelling the year-long war in Yemen.
The government approved around 185 million francs worth of military exports to the region, mostly parts and components for air defence systems in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE that it said were unlikely to be deployed in Yemen.
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