Shawdesh desk:

The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014, pitting Iran-backed Huthi rebels against the internationally recognized government, AFP reported.

The UN imposed an arms embargo on the Huthis in 2015.

The United States as well as ally Saudi Arabia — which leads the military coalition backing the Yemeni government — have long accused Iran of supplying the Huthis with weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

The arms included rocket launchers, machine guns and sniper rifles, which had been seized by the US Navy in recent months.