Sep 6, 2018

Yemen's government on Thursday threatened to end its cooperation with a UN rights mission, accusing investigators of bias after a report raised fears of war crimes in the conflict-hit country.

The government, allied with a regional Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemeni rebels, came under fire last month after UN experts highlighted deadly air strikes by the alliance.

"With our allies in the coalition, we are studying the best way to deal with the UN team and looking at all options, including ending or not extending the team's mandate after they proved their bias and inaccuracy," Mohammed Asker, Yemen's human rights minister, told a press conference in Abu Dhabi.

The coalition has dismissed as "inaccurate" and "non-neutral" the UN expe

rts' August 28 report, which accused both government forces and the Huthi rebels of violations against international law.