CHIEF MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, HOUTHI ON TOP OF ARMS DEALERS'

SANA'A, Oct. 05 (Saba) - Yemen has circulated a blacklist of arms
dealers, with chief mediator between the government and the Houthi
rebels in Saada on top of the blacklisted.

The authorities warned against trading in weapons and dealing with
Faris Mana'a, the chief mediator, and other arms dealers in Saada.

Violators would be punished as tough measures are imposed on weapons
trade, the authorities announced.

Most of the Yemeni people have weapons, triggering extensive
disarmament campaigns.

According to some reports guns in civilian hands outnumber the
people in a country where carrying weapon has become tradition that
a man without a gun means nothing.

In recent years, the authorities said thousands of people disarmed
willingly and other thousands by the authorities as they launched
anti-public weapon carrying drive.

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