Houthi supporters maintain a poster of Maj. Gen. Muhammad Abdul Karim al-Ghamari, who died of wounds he suffered after an Israeli assault, throughout an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen. File | Photo Credit: AP
Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, advised The Associated Press that the UN staffers had been detained inside the power in Sanaa’s southwestern neighbourhood of Hada.
He stated these detained Sunday (October 19) embody 5 Yemenis and 15 worldwide workers. He stated the rebels launched one other 11 UN staffers after questioning.
He stated the UN was contact with the Houthis and different events “to resolve this critical scenario as swiftly as potential, finish the detention of all personnel, and restore full management over its services in Sanaa.”
A second UN official, talking spoke on situation of anonymity to debate the raid, stated the rebels confiscated all communications gear from the power, together with telephones, servers and computer systems.
The official stated the detained workers belong to a number of UN companies together with the World Food Programme, UNICEF and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The Houthis have launched a long-running crackdown in opposition to the UN and different worldwide organisations working in rebel-held areas in Yemen together with Sanaa, the coastal metropolis of Hodeida and the insurgent stronghold in Sadaa province in northern Yemen.
Dozens of individuals, together with over 50 UN staffers, have been detained thus far. A World Food Programme employee died in detention earlier this 12 months in Sadaa.
The rebels have repeatedly alleged with out proof that the detained UN staffers and people working with different worldwide teams and international embassies had been spies. The UN fiercely denied the accusations.
The crackdown pressured the UN to droop its operations in Saada province in northern Yemen following the detention of eight staffers in January. The UN additionally relocated its high humanitarian coordinator in Yemen from Sanaa to the coastal metropolis of Aden, which serves as seat for the internationally recognised authorities.
Published – October 19, 2025 07:12 pm IST
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