Yemen’s Houthis detain 20 UN employees and confiscate equipment

CAIRO: Iranian-backed Houthi militants detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN official said. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, told The Associated Press that the UN staffers were detained inside the facility in Sanaa’s southwestern neighborhood of Hada. He said those detained Sunday include five Yemenis and 15 international staff. He said the militants released another 11 UN staffers after questioning.

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