'I cried for days': Office raids and arrests shock aid workers in Yemen
A wave of arrests in January has intensified the climate of fear - one person from the World Food Programme who was detained ...
UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff abductions
The rebels in recent months have detained dozens of U.N. staffers, as well as people associated with aid groups, civil society and the once-open U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital. A spokesman for ...
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to jumpstart talks over permanently ending Yemen’s decadelong war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital, Sanaa ...
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UN suspends trips into Houthi-held areas of Yemen after more staff detained
The statement on Friday came a day after the Houthis also detained individuals associated with the shuttered United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, and aid groups. “Yesterday ...
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The U.N. Must Stop Being the Houthis’ Willing Hostage in Yemen
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres demanded an investigation into the death of a World Food Progamme worker, ...
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UN announces death of aid worker imprisoned by Yemen's Houthis
The World Food Programme said one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen but didn't provide a cause ...
United Nations says staff member died in detention in Yemen
DUBAI - The United Nations said on Tuesday that one of its staff members had died in detention in northern Yemen, where the U ...
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U.N. Suspends Humanitarian Work in Yemeni Area After Houthis Detain More Staff
The Houthis, the de facto rulers of parts of Yemen including the capital, Sana, are backed by Iran. They have been engaged in a campaign of kidnappings and detention of hundreds of people who work ...