Yemen’s Houthis Detain 20 UN Staff in Latest Raid

Yemen’s Houthi authorities have detained about two dozen United Nations employees after raiding another UN-run facility in the capital Sanaa, the UN has confirmed. 
  
Jean Alam, spokesperson for the UN’s resident coordinator in Yemen, said staff were detained inside the compound in the city’s Hada district on Sunday. 
 
Those held include at least five Yemeni employees and 15 international personnel. A further 11 UN staff were briefly questioned and later released. 
  
Alam said the UN is in direct contact with the Houthis and other relevant actors “to resolve this serious situation as swiftly as possible, end the detention of all personnel, and restore full control over its facilities in Sanaa”. 
   
The incident follows a sustained crackdown by the Houthis on the UN and other international aid organizations operating in territory under their control, including Sanaa, the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, and Saada province in the north. 
 
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