Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, Red Sea risk regional war, UN Security Council members warn
NEW YORK CITY: Members of the UN Security Council condemned an escalating wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and international shipping. They warned that the threat of Yemen relapsing into full-scale war was at its gravest level in four years, and pressed Iran to end its support for the group.
Briefing the council on Thursday, the UN’s special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said the country “today faces a more serious risk of return to large-scale conflict than at any point since the 2022 UN-mediated truce.”
As evidence of this he cited intensified fighting on multiple fronts and renewed Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which the Council has already condemned.
A missile strike on a vessel two days ago killed several members of its crew, he said, noting that tensions had been building since July when an unauthorized flight from Tehran bound for Sanaa prompted airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport, followed by missile attacks on Abha airport and Saudi oil facilities.
