Yemen on the brink: Guterres urges restraint, calls for release of UN detainees
Addressing the media outside the council chamber in New York, he pointed to simmering tensions across Yemen and “dramatic new developments” in its eastern governorates that “are turning up the heat.” Since 2014, Yemeni government forces supported by a Saudi-led military coalition have been battling Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran and control the capital, Sana’a. Risk of wider escalation This month, forces affiliated with a […]
