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UN ups number of staff detained by Yemen’s Houthis to 19
The detentions follow raids after an Israeli airstrike killed the Houthi Prime Minister; 18 Yemeni staffers and one international employee are held, the U.N. said.
- At least 19 U.N. employees were detained by Iranian-backed Houthis during raids on U.N. offices in Yemen's capital, according to the United Nations.
- U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric stated that 18 detainees are Yemeni staffers and one is an international employee.
- Dujarric condemned the detentions and noted that the Houthis previously detained 23 U.N. employees, some since 2021.
- He warned that the Houthi actions seriously endanger the U.N.'s ability to deliver aid to the people of Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country.
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Yemen’s Houthi-run Foreign Ministry says UN should not shield espionage activities - Regional Media News
(Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthi-run Foreign Ministry said United Nations officials’ legal immunities should not shield espionage activities, days after at least 11 U.N. personnel were arrested in the capital Sanaa. The U.N. said on Sunday that Houthi rebels raided its premises in Sanaa and arrested U.N. staff following an Israeli strike that killed the prime minister of the Houthi-run government and several other ministers. The ministry also accused t…
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) strongly condemns the raids launched by Ansar Allah Houthi forces (Houthis) on United Nations offices and agencies in Sana’a and Hodeidah on August 31, 2025... The post Yemen: Civilian Suffering Escalates amid Israeli Airstrikes and Houthi Raids on UN Agencies appeared first on Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS).
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