US maintains support of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen war even as NATO allies stop selling weapons

• Germany and Norway have recently announced they would stop selling weapons to countries in the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen.
• But the US told Business Insider that it has no intentions of halting weapons sales or support for the coalition.
• The war in Yemen has caused mass starvation and been dubbed "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world."

Two of the US' NATO allies have stopped selling weapons to the Saudi-led coalition waging war against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, even as the US confirms its support.

Germany announced last week that it would stop selling weapons to the coalition and Norway recently announced that it would stop selling weapons to the United Arab Emirates. The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been described as potentially the worst in 50 years.

The US has "no plans to curtail support for the coalition partners," a Pentagon spokesman, Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, told Business Insider.

The US State Department did not respond to Business Insider's repeated requests for comment after it said it would provide a statement.

Rankine-Galloway confirmed the US sells weapons and arms to the Saudi-led coalition countries, as well as provides "limited intelligence sharing" and aerial refueling for coalition jets.

Both former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump have given official US support to the coalition.

Since 2015, Yemen has been devastated by a war between the internationally-recognized government of