On Friday, the authorities declared that the Houthi rebels in Yemen had detained nine Yemeni employees of United Nations organizations under suspicious circumstances. American-led coalition planes are targeting the rebels as their financial situation worsens. It’s possible that additional aid workers have also been kidnapped.
The Houthis are holding people and cargo at the Red Sea crossing in connection with the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. Since taking control of Yemen’s capital almost ten years ago, the Houthis have fought alongside a coalition headed by Saudi Arabia.
Though the secretive group is becoming more well-known outside, they have repressed dissent domestically and have even sentenced 44 people to death recently.
ACCORDING TO THEIR ATTACKS, AN INCREASE IN HOUTHIS BACKED BY IRAN IS DEPENDING ON GREECE.
Regional representatives confirmed the U.N. detentions to The Associated Press under condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to brief journalists. According to the officials, those detained include employees of the World Food Program, the UN Human Rights Agency, its development program, and one employee of its special envoy’s office. One of those being held has a wife who is also being held.
The United Nations declined to react right away.
In the same vein, the Mayyun Organization for Human Rights listed several humanitarian organizations whose workers were kidnapped by the Houthis in four of their provinces: Amran, Hodeida, Saada, and Saana. Those groups did not immediately acknowledge the detentions.
