SANAA — Yemen's Houthi rebels have detained another seven UN employees, the United Nations chief said on Friday, their latest move to target aid workers.
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi rebels have detained another seven UN employees, the United Nations chief said on Friday, their latest move to target aid workers.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the 'immediate and unconditional' release of all aid staff held in Yemen, which is suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
'They assume that by detaining UN staff, they're going to be able to pressure the international community to pressure the Trump administration.'No immediate comment was available from the Houthis, who seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 and rule large parts of the im-poverished country.
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